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Bill Blizzard, labor leader. Julia Bonds, environmental activist; winner of Goldman Prize. Belle Boyd, espionage agent. James Caudy, frontiersman and early settler of present day West Virginia. Larry Gibson, environmental activist; founder of Keeper of the Mountains Foundation. Nancy Hanks, mother of Abraham Lincoln; distant cousin of Tom Hanks.
Major Harris – quarterback for West Virginia University in their 1988 undefeated season. Sue Haywood – professional mountain bike racer. Johannes "Joe" Herber – former professional and German international basketball player. Chris Henry – former NFL wide receiver for the Cincinnati Bengals. Jeff Hostetler – Super Bowl Champion and ...
People from West Virginia. Wikimedia Commons has media related to People of West Virginia. This category is for people from the United States state of West Virginia. This category includes people who were identified with the future West Virginia before the partition of Virginia in 1863.
The New River Gorge Bridgeis a steel arch bridge3,030 feet (924 m) long over the New River Gorgenear Fayetteville, West Virginia, in the Appalachian Mountainsof the eastern United States. With an arch 1,700 feet (518 m) long, the New River Gorge Bridge was the world's longest single-span arch bridge for 26 years;[4][5]it is now the fifth ...
Shepherdstown, West Virginia. Location of Shepherdstown in Jefferson County, West Virginia. / 39.43194°N 77.80472°W / 39.43194; -77.80472. Shepherdstown is a town in Jefferson County, West Virginia, United States, located in the lower Shenandoah Valley along the Potomac River. Home to Shepherd University, the town's population was ...
Melungeon (/ m ə ˈ l ʌ n dʒ ən z / mə-LUN-jənz) (sometimes also spelled Malungean, Melangean, Melungean, Melungin [3]) was a slur [4] historically applied to individuals and families of mixed-race ancestry with roots in colonial Virginia primarily descended from free people of color and white settlers.
West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice lashed out at Democrats and lienholders after a sudden announcement that the Greenbrier resort will be sold at auction in Lewisburg on Aug. 27.
The people listed below were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with the city of Huntington, West Virginia. Subcategories This category has the following 7 subcategories, out of 7 total.