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  2. The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Synopsis. The film follows the White family over the course of a year in their daily life through first-person interviews. The film mentions the details of the death of patriarch Donald Ray "D. Ray" White, as well as his rise to stardom as one of the most famous mountain dancers of his time. The illness of his widow, Bertie Mae White, is ...

  3. USS West Virginia (BB-48) - Wikipedia

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    USS West Virginia (BB-48) was the fourth dreadnought battleship of the Colorado class, though because Washington was cancelled, she was the third and final member of the class to be completed. The Colorado class proved to be the culmination of the standard-type battleship series built for the United States Navy in the 1910s and 1920s; the ships ...

  4. West Virginia Governor's Mansion - Wikipedia

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    December 31, 1974. The West Virginia Governor's Mansion (or West Virginia Executive Mansion) is a historic residence located next to the Kanawha River in Charleston, West Virginia and is the official residence of the governor of West Virginia . The Colonial Revival (Georgian Revival) building was completed in 1925 by Charleston architect Walter ...

  5. History of West Virginia - Wikipedia

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    West Virginia was officially admitted as a U.S. state on June 20, 1863. The area that comprises West Virginia was originally part of the British Virginia Colony (1607–1776) and the western part of the U.S. Commonwealth of Virginia (1776–1788), and state of Virginia (1788–1863). Western Virginia became sharply divided over the issue of ...

  6. List of United States senators from West Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Below is a list of United States senators from West Virginia.The state's U.S. senators belong to classes 1 and 2.West Virginia is currently represented in the Senate by Independent Joe Manchin (serving since 2010) and Republican Shelley Moore Capito (serving since 2015), making it one of seven states to have a split United States Senate delegation.

  7. National Register of Historic Places listings in West Virginia

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    This is a list of properties and historic districts in West Virginia that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. There are listings in every one of West Virginia's 55 counties . Listings range from prehistoric sites such as Grave Creek Mound, to Cool Spring Farm in the state's eastern panhandle, one of the state's first ...

  8. List of counties in West Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Randolph County is the largest by area at 1,040 square miles (2,694 km 2 ), and Hancock County is the smallest at 83 square miles (215 km 2 ). [8] Kanawha County contributed land to the founding of 12 West Virginia counties [12] and has the largest population (174,805 in 2023). Wirt County has the smallest population (5,000 in 2023). [13]

  9. Stan Van Gundy reveals wife died by suicide in August: 'I ...

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    Former NBA head coach and current TNT broadcaster Stan Van Gundy's wife Kim died last August, with her obituary only saying she died "unexpectedly." Eight months later, Van Gundy has revealed that ...