West Virginia (Mingo County)/Kentucky
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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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Named for the Kentucky River, bearing an Indian name. Called "Dark and Bloody Ground." Explored by Daniel Boone, 1769. Settled at Harrodsburg, 1774. It became a Virginia county in 1776 and a state in the Union in 1792.
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Mingo County/Wyoming County
The youngest county in the State was formed from Logan in 1895.
Thomas Smith
Formerly a surveyor in Washington Co., Va.
Horsepen Mountain
Nearby Bolling Baker, white leader of Shawnee Indians, and husband of Aracoma, the daughter of Chief Cornstalk, held horses stolen from...
Lewis' Expedition
East Kermit, WV
Camp of Major (later General) Andrew Lewis in 1756, with Virginia troops, led by Smith, Hogg, Preston, Pearis, Woodson, and others, on...
Matewan Massacre
Matewan, WV
In 1920 many area miners joined the UMWA.