West Virginia flag  The current governor is Earl Ray Tomblin  Joe Manchin and Jay Rockfeller and their party is democrat.

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West Virginia flag

 The current governor is Earl Ray Tomblin  Joe Manchin and Jay Rockfeller and their party is democrat

 West Virginia borders Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland, And Washington D.C.  The Appalachian Mountains, which extend from Canada to Alabama, run through the whole state

 Natural Resources found in our state is natural gas, limestone, and coal  West Virginia is a good state for agriculture because 90% of its population are farmers

 West Virginia became a state in 1847  President Harding sends federal troops to stop the Battle of Blair Mountain in  In 1972 a dam on Buffalo Creek collapses, resulting in a flood that kills 125 people.

 Huntington, in Huntington you can go for a swim in the Ohio river and visit the Ohio railroad  Morgantown: in Morgantown you can visit the University of West Virginia

 West Virginia lies in the Appellation highland  Pioneer children in the region that became West Virginians attended classes in log buildings  West Virginia is 4/5 covered in forest  In most places, West Virginias boundaries are near the mountain chain  The Ohio river flows along the western boundary of West Virginia for over 275 miles  The Appalachian plateau covers the entire state west of the Appalachian region and valley region

World book Brown, Steven W., and Randall W Jackson. ‘’West Virginia”. World Book Student. World Book, 2014.web.6 may Culture grams ‘’West Virginia’’. culture grams states edition. proQuest,2014.web.13 May 2014.