civil war
What wv native became the highest ranking African american during the civil war?
Martin Delany
Wheeling
The first capitol of wv was located in what city?
Mercer
What county was named for the revolutionary war general killed at the battle of princeton?
Aracoma
This woman who was killed in battle in present day logan county in 1780 was the daughter of cheif cornstalk
Jared M. Arter
This former slave was the principal of a african american school at hilltop fayette county from 1908 to 1915
What west Virginian was the first soldier killed in the civil war?
Thornsbury Bailey Brown
salem
in what community was the wv industrial home for girls located?
Gilmer
This counties population grew at the 3rd fastest rate between 2000 and 2010 according to the census
Zona Heaster Shue
This woman who was murdered in 1897 became known as the greenbrier ghost
John F. Nash
This mathematician who won the 1994 nobel prize in economics was born in bluefield
What Martinsburg native was probably the most noted female spy for the confederacy?
Belle Boyd
branwell
at one time this mercer county town was the home of 19 millionaires
boone, marshall, logan
The 3 leading counties in coal production in 2010 were
Ripley
The last public hanging in wv occured in this jackson county community
uc
This institution of higher learning was founded as the barboursville semimary in 1888
John Mccausland
What confederate general from wv was responsible for the burning of chambersburg, Pennsylvania during the civil war?
Eleanor
This putnam county community was named for the wife of president franklin d roosevelt.
jefferson
This wv county was named for the author of the declaration of independence
Sid Hatfield
The murder of this matewan police chief sparked event which lead to the battle of blair mountain
Keyser
Potomac State college is located in this mineral county community
Capehart
What is the last name of the 2 brothers who were awarded the congressional medal of honor during the civil war?
Ceredo
What wv community was named for ceres the roman goddess of grain and harvest?
Boone
This county was named for a famous early frontiersman who lived in the kanawha valley from 1789 to 1795
Harry powers
West virginians most famous mass murderer was known as the blue beard of quiet dell, what was his real name?
Henry Lewis Gates Jr.
This native of piedmont, leading african american scholar and author of colored people, serves as a chair of afro americans studies at harvard