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State of the E USA; nickname Mountain State
area 62,900 sq km/24,279 sq mi capital
Charleston towns Huntington, Wheeling
physical Allegheny Mountains; Ohio river
features port of Harper's Ferry, restored as
when John Brown seized the US armoury 1859
products fruit, poultry, dairy and meat
products, timber, coal, natural gas, oil,
chemicals, synthetic fibres, plastics, steel,
glass, pottery population (1986) 1,919,000
famous people Pearl Buck, Thomas `Stonewall'
Jackson history mound builders 6th century;
explorers and fur traders 1670s; German
settlements 1730s; industrial development
early 19th century; on the secession of
Virginia from the Union 1862, West Virginians
dissented, and formed a new state 1863;
industrial expansion accompanied by labour
strife in the early 20th century.