Mc Dowell County/West Virginia (Mc Dowell County)
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Formed from Tazewell, 1858. Named for James McDowell, governor of Virginia from 1843 to 1846. County is famous for the production of bituminous coal. This county originally had four acres of coal for every acre of its land surface.
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"The Mountain State" -- western part of the Commonwealth of Virginia until June 20, 1863. Settled by the Germans and Scotch-Irish. It became a line of defense between the English and French during the French and Indian War, 1754-1763.
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Mc Dowell County/Mercer County
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Mc Dowell County/Wyoming County
Formed from Tazewell, 1858.
Mc Dowell County/Wyoming County
Formed from Tazewell, 1858.
Lewis' Camp
Iaeger, WV
Here Major (later General) Andrew Lewis camped, February 26, 1756, with Virginia troops on way to attack Indians who had been raiding the...
Virginia/West Virginia (Mc Dowell County)
Northfork, WV
Named for Queen Elizabeth, the Virginia Queen of England.