Saturday, June 8, 2013

August 20, 1861---The conundrum of Kanawha



AUGUST 20, 1861:     

At the Second Wheeling Convention, representatives of “The Restored Government of Virginia” are still working toward a separate statehood for their area, usually called “New Virginia.” Today they vote on two names for the new State: “West Virginia” loses out to “Kanawha.”



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