VIRGINIA, WEST

VIRGINIA, WEST
   (762), formed originally one State with the preceding, but separated in 1861 to join the Federal cause; is nearly the same in size and resources; is a great mining region, and is rich in coal and iron; its largest city is Wheeling, on the Ohio.

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. . 1907.

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