West Virginia State Governors

	Arthur Ingram Boreman
	Governor #: 1 Term Start: June 20, 1863 Term End: February 26, 1869 Number of Terms: 1 1/2 Party: Republican Lt. Governor(s): None	Born: July 24, 1823 Birth (place): Waynesburg, Pennsylvania Died: April 19, 1896 Died (place): Parkersburg, West Virginia Spouse(s): Laurane Tanner Bullock Boreman Profession: Politician Religion: Methodist

	Daniel Duane Tompkins Farnsworth
	Governor #: 2 Term Start: February 26, 1869 Term End: March 4, 1869 Number of Terms: ¼ Party: Republican Lt. Governor(s): None	Born: December 23, 1819 Birth (place): Staten Island, New York Died: December 5, 1892 Died (place): Buckhannon, West Virginia Spouse(s): Mary Ireland Farnsworth Profession: Politician Religion: ***

	William Erskine Stevenson
	Governor #: 3 Term Start: March 4, 1869 Term End: March 4, 1871 Number of Terms: 1/2 Party: Republican Lt. Governor(s): None	Born: March 18, 1820 Birth (place): Warren, Pennsylvania Died: November 29, 1883 Died (place): Parkersburg, West Virginia Spouse(s): Sarah Clotworthy Stevenson Profession: Politician Religion: ***

	John Jeremiah Jacob
	Governor #: 4 Term Start: March 4, 1871 Term End: March 4, 1877 Number of Terms: 1 1/2 Party: Democratic/Independent Lt. Governor(s): None	Born: December 9, 1829 Birth (place): Romney, West Virginia Died: November 24, 1893 Died (place): Wheeling, West Virginia Spouse(s): Jane Baird Jacob Profession: Politician Religion: ***

	Henry Mason Mathews
	Governor #: 5 Term Start: March 4, 1877 Term End: March 4, 1881 Number of Terms: 1 Party: Democratic Lt. Governor(s): None	Born: March 29, 1834 Birth (place): Greenbrier County, West Virginia Died: April 28, 1884 Died (place): Lewisburg, West Virginia Spouse(s): Lucy Fry Mathews Profession: Politician Religion: ***

	Jacob Beeson Jackson
	Governor #: 6 Term Start: March 4, 1881 Term End: March 4, 1885 Number of Terms: 1 Party: Democratic Lt. Governor(s): None	Born: April 6, 1829 Birth (place): Parkersburg, West Virginia Died: December 11, 1893 Died (place): Parkersburg, West Virginia Spouse(s): Maria Willard Jackson Profession: Politician Religion: ***

	Emanuel Willis Wilson
	Governor #: 7 Term Start: March 4, 1885 Term End: February 6, 1890 Number of Terms: 1 1/2 Party: Democratic Lt. Governor(s): None	Born: August 11, 1844 Birth (place): Harpers Ferry, West Virginia Died: May 28, 1905 Died (place): Charleston, West Virginia Spouse(s): Henrietta Cotton Wilson Profession: Politician Religion: ***

	Aretas Brooks Fleming
	Governor #: 8 Term Start: February 6, 1890 Term End: March 4, 1893 Number of Terms: 1/2 Party: Democratic Lt. Governor(s): None	Born: October 15, 1839 Birth (place): Fairmont, West Virginia Died: October 13, 1923 Died (place): Fairmont, West Virginia Spouse(s): Carrie Watson Fleming Profession: Politician Religion: ***

	William Alexander MacCorkle
	Governor #: 9 Term Start: March 4, 1893 Term End: March 4, 1897 Number of Terms: 1 Party: Democratic Lt. Governor(s): None	Born: May 7, 1857 Birth (place): Lexington, Virginia Died: September 24, 1930 Died (place): Charleston, West Virginia Spouse(s): Belle Goshorn MacCorkle Profession: Politician Religion: Presbyterian

	George Wesley Atkinson
	Governor #: 10 Term Start: March 4, 1897 Term End: March 4, 1901 Number of Terms: 1 Party: Republican Lt. Governor(s): None	Born: June 29, 1845 Birth (place): Charleston, West Virginia Died: April 4, 1925 Died (place): Charleston, West Virginia Spouse(s): Ellen Eagan, Myra Horner Camden Atkinson Profession: Politician Religion: Methodist

	Albert Blakeslee White
	Governor #: 11 Term Start: March 4, 1901 Term End: March 4, 1905 Number of Terms: 1 Party: Republican Lt. Governor(s): None	Born: September 22, 1856 Birth (place): Cleveland, Ohio Died: July 3, 1941 Died (place): Parkersburg, West Virginia Spouse(s): Agnes Ward White Profession: Politician Religion: Presbyterian

	William Mercer Owens Dawson
	Governor #: 12 Term Start: March 4, 1905 Term End: March 4, 1909 Number of Terms: 1 Party: Republican Lt. Governor(s): None	Born: May 21, 1853 Birth (place): Bloomington, Maryland Died: March 12, 1916 Died (place): Charleston, West Virginia Spouse(s): Luda Neff, Maude Brown Profession: Politician Religion: ***

	William Ellsworth Glasscock
	Governor #: 13 Term Start: March 4, 1909 Term End: March 14, 1913 Number of Terms: 1 Party: Republican Lt. Governor(s): None	Born: December 13, 1862 Birth (place): Monongalia County, West Virginia Died: April 12, 1925 Died (place): Morgantown, West Virginia Spouse(s): Mary Miller Glasscock Profession: Politician Religion: Methodist

	Henry Drury Hatfield
	Governor #: 14 Term Start: March 14, 1913 Term End: March 5, 1917 Number of Terms: 1 Party: Republican Lt. Governor(s): None	Born: September 15, 1875 Birth (place): Mingo County, West Virginia Died: October 23, 1962 Died (place): Huntington, West Virginia Spouse(s): South Carolina "Carrie" Bronson Hatfield Profession: Politician Religion: Methodist

	John Jacob Cornwell
	Governor #: 15 Term Start: March 5, 1917 Term End: March 4, 1921 Number of Terms: 1 Party: Democratic Lt. Governor(s): None	Born: July 11, 1867 Birth (place): Pennsboro, West Virginia Died: September 8, 1953 Died (place): Cumberland, Maryland Spouse(s): Edna Brady Cornwell Profession: Politician Religion: ***

	Ephraim Franklin Morgan
	Governor #: 16 Term Start: March 4, 1921 Term End: March 4, 1925 Number of Terms: 1 Party: Republican Lt. Governor(s): None	Born: January 16, 1869 Birth (place): Marion County, West Virginia Died: January 15, 1950 Died (place): Bethesda, Maryland Spouse(s): Alma Bennett Morgan Profession: Politician Religion: Methodist

	Howard Mason Gore
	Governor #: 17 Term Start: March 4, 1925 Term End: March 4, 1929 Number of Terms: 1 Party: Republican Lt. Governor(s): None	Born: October 12, 1887 Birth (place): Harrison County, West Virginia Died: June 20, 1947 Died (place): Clarksburg, West Virginia Spouse(s): Roxie Bailey Gore Profession: Politician Religion: Baptist

	William Gustavus Conley
	Governor #: 18 Term Start: March 4, 1929 Term End: March 4, 1933 Number of Terms: 2 Party: Republican Lt. Governor(s): None	Born: January 8, 1866 Birth (place): Kingwood, West Virginia Died: October 21, 1940 Died (place): Charleston, West Virginia Spouse(s): Bertie Ison Martin Conley Profession: Politician Religion: Methodist

	Herman Guy Kump
	Governor #: 19 Term Start: March 4, 1933 Term End: January 18, 1937 Number of Terms: 1 Party: Democratic Lt. Governor(s): None	Born: October 31, 1877 Birth (place): Capon Springs, West Virginia Died: February 14, 1962 Died (place): Elkins, West Virginia Spouse(s): Edna Hall Scott Kump Profession: Politician Religion: Presbyterian

	Homer Adams Holt
	Governor #: 20 Term Start: January 18, 1937 Term End: January 13, 1941 Number of Terms: 1 Party: Democratic Lt. Governor(s): None	Born: March 1, 1898 Birth (place): Lewisburg, West Virginia Died: January 16, 1975 Died (place): Charleston, West Virginia Spouse(s): Isabel Wood Holt Profession: Politician Religion: Presbyterian

	Matthew Mansfield Neely
	Governor #: 21 Term Start: January 13, 1941 Term End: January 15, 1945 Number of Terms: 1 Party: Democratic Lt. Governor(s): None	Born: November 9, 1874 Birth (place): Doddridge County, West Virginia Died: January 18, 1958 Died (place): Washington, D.C Spouse(s): Alberta Ramage Neely Profession: Politician Religion: Presbyterian

	Clarence W. Meadows
	Governor #: 22 Term Start: January 15, 1945 Term End: January 17, 1949 Number of Terms: 1 Party: Democratic Lt. Governor(s): None	Born: February 11, 1904 Birth (place): Beckley, West Virginia Died: September 12, 1961 Died (place): Clifton Forge, Virginia Spouse(s): Nancy Massie Meadows Profession: Politician Religion: Baptist

	Okey Leonidas Patteson
	Governor #: 23 Term Start: January 17, 1949 Term End: January 19, 1953 Number of Terms: 1 Party: Democratic Lt. Governor(s): None	Born: September 14, 1898 Birth (place): Mingo County, West Virginia Died: July 3, 1989 Died (place): Beckley, West Virginia Spouse(s): Lee Hawse Patteson Profession: Politician Religion: Methodist

	William Casey Marland
	Governor #: 24 Term Start: January 19, 1953 Term End: January 14, 1957 Number of Terms: 1 Party: Democratic Lt. Governor(s): None	Born: March 26, 1918 Birth (place): Johnston City, Illinois Died: November 26, 1965 Died (place): Barrington, Illinois Spouse(s): Valerie Allen Marland Profession: Politician, Attorney Religion: United Methodist

	Cecil Harland Underwood
	Governor #: 25 Term Start: January 14, 1957 Term End: January 16, 1961 Number of Terms: 1 Party: Republican Lt. Governor(s): None	Born: November 5, 1922 Birth (place): Josephs Mills, West Virginia Died: November 24, 2008 Died (place): Charleston, West Virginia Spouse(s): Hovah Hall Underwood Profession: Educator Religion: Methodist

	William Wallace "Wally" Barron
	Governor #: 26 Term Start: January 16, 1961 Term End: January 18, 1965 Number of Terms: 1 Party: Democratic Lt. Governor(s): None	Born: December 8, 1911 Birth (place): Elkins, West Virginia Died: November 12, 2002 Died (place): Charlotte, North Carolina Spouse(s): Opal Wilcox Barron Profession: Politician Religion: Presbyterian

	Hulett Carlson Smith
	Governor #: 27 Term Start: January 18, 1965 Term End: January 13, 1969 Number of Terms: 1 Party: Democratic Lt. Governor(s): None	Born: October 21, 1918 Birth (place): Beckley, West Virginia Died: January 14, 2012 Died (place): Alive Spouse(s): Mary Alice Tieche Smith Profession: Politician Religion: Presbyterian

	Arch Alfred Moore, Jr.
	Governor #: 28 Term Start: January 13, 1969 Term End: January 17, 1977 Number of Terms: 2 Party: Republican Lt. Governor(s): None	Born: April 16, 1923 Birth (place): Moundsville, West Virginia Died: Alive Died (place): Alive Spouse(s): Shelley Riley Moore Profession: Politician Religion: Methodist

	John Davison "Jay" Rockefeller IV
	Governor #: 29 Term Start: January 17, 1977 Term End: January 14, 1985 Number of Terms: 2 Party: Democratic Lt. Governor(s): None	Born: June 18, 1937 Birth (place): New York City, New York Died: Alive Died (place): Alive Spouse(s): Sharon Percy Rockefeller Profession: Politician, College Administrator Religion: Presbyterian

	Arch Alfred Moore, Jr.
	Governor #: 30 Term Start: January 14, 1985 Term End: January 16, 1989 Number of Terms: 1 Party: Republican Lt. Governor(s): None	Born: April 16, 1923 Birth (place): Moundsville, West Virginia Died: Alive Died (place): Alive Spouse(s): Shelley Riley Moore Profession: Politician Religion: Methodist

	William Gaston Caperton III
	Governor #: 31 Term Start: January 16, 1989 Term End: January 13, 1997 Number of Terms: 2 Party: Democratic Lt. Governor(s): None	Born: February 21, 1940 Birth (place): Charleston, West Virginia Died: Alive Died (place): Alive Spouse(s): Ella Dee Kessel Caperton, Rachael Worby, Idit Harel Caperton Profession: Politician Religion: Episcopalian

	Cecil Harland Underwood
	Governor #: 32 Term Start: January 13, 1997 Term End: January 15, 2001 Number of Terms: 1 Party: Republican Lt. Governor(s): None	Born: November 5, 1922 Birth (place): Josephs Mills, West Virginia Died: November24, 2008 Died (place): Charleston, West Virginia Spouse(s): Hovah Hall Underwood Profession: Educator Religion: Methodist

	Robert Ellsworth "Bob" Wise, Jr.
	Governor #: 33 Term Start: January 15, 2001 Term End: January 17, 2005 Number of Terms: 1 Party: Democratic Lt. Governor(s): None	Born: January 6, 1948 Birth (place): Washington, D.C. Died: Alive Died (place): Alive Spouse(s): Sandra Casber Wise Profession: *** Religion: ***

	Joseph "Joe" Manchin III
	Governor #: 34 Term Start: January 17, 2005 Term End: November 15, 2010 Number of Terms: 1 1/2 Party: Democratic Lt. Governor(s): Earl Ray Tomblin	Born: August 24, 1947 Birth (place): Fairmont, West Virginia Died: Alive Died (place): Alive Spouse(s): Gayle Conelly Manchin Profession: Energy Executive Religion: Christian-Latin Rite Catholic

	Earl Ray Tomblin
	Governor #: 35 Term Start: November 15, 2010 Term End: Incumbent Number of Terms: 1/4 + Party: Democratic Lt. Governor(s): None	Born: March 15, 1952 Birth (place): Logan County, West Virginia Died: Alive Died (place): Alive Spouse(s): Joanne Jaeger Profession: Small businessperson, Teacher Religion: Presbyterianism

West Virginia: A Historical Timeline
PRIOR TO 1700 PRE-EUROPEAN SETTLEMENT 7000– 1000 BCE Different Archaic cultures develop in the northern Panhandle, the eastern Panhandle, and the Kanawha Valley. By approximately 6000 BCE, much of the large game in the area becomes extinct. Early hunters either die or adapt to hunting small game and gathering edible plants. 500 BCE– 1000 CE Members of the Hopewell culture migrate into the Kanawha Valley and erect mounds in the South Charleston area. 1000– 1600 Various Native Americans groups inhabit West Virginia. They live in small villages surviving by hunting, fishing, and cultivating corn, beans, and squash. 1600 Organized tribes, such as the Delaware and Shawnee, move into present-day West Virginia. The Iroquois Confederacy—an alliance of the Iroquois-speaking Mohawk, Oneida, Cayuga, Onondaga, and Seneca nations—begins exerting its great influence on the region. 1607 England establishes the Virginia Colony, which includes the region that is present-day West Virginia. 1669 Colonial governor William Berkeley commissions John Lederer, an immigrant from Germany, to make three expeditions into the Appalachian mountains. Over the next year, Lederer and the members of his party become the first Europeans to view the Blue Ridge Mountains. French explorer René-Robert Cavelier explores the Ohio River and makes landings at several sites in West Virginia. 1671 Seeking a passage beyond the Appalachians Mountains, European explorers Thomas Batts and Robert Fallum lead an expedition to the New River and discover Kanawha Falls in the West Virginia area. 1700–1858 WESTWARD EXPANSION 1712 Baron Christopher de Graffenreid petitions the King of England for a land grant to establish a Swiss colony in present-day Jefferson County. While the colony never materializes, Graffenreid does explore the eastern Panhandle. 1716 Lieutenant governor of Virginia Alexander Spotswood enters western Virginia and explores beyond the Blue Ridge Mountains. 1719 Presbyterians found the first church in West Virginia at Shepherdstown. 1722 To encourage settlement, the Virginia government allows families to live rent-free for ten years on land owned by the state. The Iroquois surrender claims to land south of the Ohio River and counties in the eastern Panhandle. 1727 Germans in search of religious freedom begin the permanent white settlement of West Virginia when they found New Mecklenberg in the area of present-day Shepherdstown. 1732 Scotch-Irish, Welsh, and German pioneers settle the western portions of Virginia. 1742 John Howard and John Peter Salley discover coal near Racine on what is now known as Coal River. Coal will become one of the greatest driving forces of West Virginia’s economy. Today West Virginia coal production is second only to Wyoming among U.S. states. 1743 The Iroquois protest Virginia’s colonization beyond the Blue Ridge Mountains and threaten war against the Virginia Colony over the land dispute. 1744 Governor William Gooch buys the Iroquois’ land claims to the disputed western region of Virginia for 400 pounds in the Treaty of Lancaster. 1756 The first public spa opens in Berkeley Springs, West Virginia (then known as Bath). The mineral springs are a popular resort area and draw visitors, including George Washington, from several metropolitan areas in the colonies. 1763 The British government forbids occupation of lands west of the Alleghenies in an attempt to avoid contact with Native Americans. The land is designated as "Indian Territory." 1766 The land survey by Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon reaches the western boundary between Maryland and Virginia. The resulting Mason-Dixon line later becomes the dividing line between free states and slave states. 1768 The Iroquois and Cherokee tribes release their claims to the territory between the Ohio River and Allegheny Mountains. This nullifies the Proclamation of 1763 and produces a rapid increase in colonial settlement. 1770 (October 18) The Cherokee sell most of their land claims within the southwestern part of Virginia (what would become West Virginia) in the Treaty of Lochaber. 1776 Western Virginia petitions the Continental Congress for a separate government. The vastly different social conditions in the western part of the state (a poorer, more heterogeneous population, rugged terrain that greatly decreases the profitability of slavery) have led to serious rifts between the western and eastern portions of the state. 1783 Settlers west of the Allegheny Mountains attempt to create "Westylvania," a new state, on the grounds that the mountains make an almost impassable barrier on the east. 1784 Demarcating what will eventually become a section of the northern border of West Virginia, the Mason-Dixon line becomes the Virginia-Pennsylvania border. 1790s Salt, coal, and timber ships out of Kanawha Harbor through western Virginia streams for export. These products become extremely important to the West Virginia economy in the 19th and 20th centuries. 1806 The first salt well is drilled in the Great Kanawha Valley. By the mid-1800s, the Kanawha Valley is one of the largest salt manufacturing centers in the U.S. 1810 Western Virginia protests against unequal representation in the Virginia legislature. 1829 A convention meets to form a new constitution for Virginia. Against the protest of the western counties, the new constitution decrees a property qualification for suffrage and gives more representation to slave-holding counties. 1859–1899 THE STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA 1859 (October 16) In an attempt to start a liberation movement among enslaved African Americans, John Brown raids the federal armory in the western Virginia town of Harpers Ferry. Lieutenant Colonel Robert E. Lee and 86 Marines are called in to control the ensuing chaos, and capture most of the raiders. Brown is tried for treason and hanged, setting in motion events that directly lead to the Civil War. 1860 The western and eastern counties of Virginia continually grapple over slavery, taxation, education, and equal legislative representation. The western counties also criticize the state expense for public works, which they feel benefit the east while allotting only a scanty portion to the western side of the state. 1861 (April 17) When Virginia secedes from the Union, western Virginia severs its political ties with the state. Delegates from 40 western counties form their own government. However, while West Virginia contributes about 32,000 soldiers to the Union Army, about 10,000 fight for the Confederate cause. (May 23) Pro-Union and pro-Confederate forces clash in Clarksburg. (July 4) Union and Confederate forces battle at Harpers Ferry. (September 10) Confederate troops at Carnifex Ferry fall back after attacks from Union troops. This battle is instrumental in helping preserve western Virginia for the Union. 1862 (September 12–15) Confederates capture the Union weapon arsenal at Harpers Ferry. It represents a major victory for the Confederates. The Union garrison surrenders 12,419 men, the largest surrender of federal forces during the Civil War. Confederate troops also help themselves to new Union uniforms, an act which causes confusion in subsequent Civil War battles. 1863 (June 20) West Virginia becomes the 35th state admitted to the Union. It is the only state to form by seceding from a Confederate state, and one of only two states admitted during the Civil War (the other being Nevada). 1866 Voting rights and citizenship are denied to those who supported the Confederacy during the Civil War. 1868 The West Virginia Legislature passes the Married Women’s Property Act, which stipulates married women are not permitted to transfer or sell property without the approval of their husbands. 1871 The state constitution is amended to allow males of age to vote, regardless of race. It also restores citizenship and voting rights to former Confederate soldiers. 1878 Involving two warring families in southern West Virginia and eastern Kentucky backcountry, the Hatfield and McCoy feud begins with a squabble over a pig and escalates into murder. It eventually claims the lives of more than a dozen members of the two families over 13 years and becomes headline news around the country. After state militias are called in to restore order, the families agree to a truce in 1891. 1881 The governor approves a bill allowing all citizens eligible to vote, including African Americans, to serve as jurors. 1885 Charleston becomes the permanent state capital. Salt, natural gas, and coal are central to the economic prosperity of the city. 1889 Drilling operations near Mannington initiate an oil boom, and real estate prices double in two days. 1891 (March 14) The West Virginia Legislature passes an act to protect the earnings of married women from their husbands should they be living separately. 1897 Mary Harris "Mother" Jones, a labor and community organizer, arrives in West Virginia to organize miners. In 1902, she campaigns to unionize 7,000 miners in the Kanawha Valley. (September 11) Seventy-five thousand coal miners in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia strike for 10 weeks. The massive labor action ends when mine owners agree to the concessions of an eight-hour workday, semi-monthly pay, and the abolition of the company stores, which notoriously overcharge workers. 1900–1949 EARLY TO MID 20TH CENTURY 1902 The United Mine Workers labor union organizes miners and demands safer working conditions, shorter work hours, and better wages. Throughout the early 20th century, deadly fights break out between mine owners and striking union members. 1907 (December 6) The worst mining disaster in U.S. history occurs when 362 men and boys die in a coalmine explosion in Monongah. 1913 (March 27–30) Thousands become homeless in Huntington and Parkersburg after the Ohio River floods. 1915 The West Virginia Legislature proposes an amendment to the state constitution that would give women the right to vote. The governor signs the act on March 3, but voters defeat the amendment in November. The U.S. Supreme Court rules that West Virginia owes Virginia more than $12.3 million as part of the state debt at the time of separation. 1920 (March 10) West Virginia becomes the 34th state to ratify the Nineteenth Amendment, granting women the right to vote. 1920–21 The Coal Wars result from an effort to unionize West Virginia coal miners. In August 1920, Governor John J. Cornwell requests federal troops guard the mines of southern West Virginia. Rioting in Williamson the next month follows attempts to import strikebreakers into the area. In 1921, West Virginia miners trying to organize fight with mine guards, police, and federal troops. 1921 (August 25–Sept 2) The Battle of Blair Mountain becomes the largest organized armed uprising in American labor history. An army of 15,000 miners and their families face off against state and federal troops. Their victory results in many of the country’s current labor laws. 1933 The National Recovery Administration is established to protect union members and bring about needed changes with the mines. Despite reforms, many workers leave West Virginia from the 1940s to the 1970s in search of better economic opportunities. Today West Virginia has the third lowest per capita income in the country. 1939 West Virginia makes the final debt payment to Virginia. 1941–45 During World War II, 1,700 people from the Axis countries are imprisoned at the Greenbrier Hotel in Greenbrier County, which also serves as an army hospital. Still in operation, the Greenbrier is now a luxury resort. It is designated a National Historic Landmark in 1990. 1947 West Virginia’s coal production reaches 173.7 million tons, more than any previous year. Over 167,000 are now employed as mine workers. 1950–PRESENT MODERN WEST VIRGINIA 1956 West Virginia becomes the last state to approve jury service for women. 1975 The state’s coal industry experiences resurgence. By 1996, the industry is producing a record 174 million tons per year. 1980s The wealth of its natural resources attracts retirees to West Virginia, resulting in renewed population growth for the state. 1997 Steel workers in West Virginia, Ohio, and Pennsylvania end a 10-month strike at Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation. It is the longest strike against a major steel company. 2000 President Bill Clinton opens peace talks between Syria and Israel in Shepherdstown. 2008 Massey Energy, the country’s fourth largest coal producer, agrees to pay a $20 million fine as part of a settlement over allegations that it routinely polluted hundreds of streams and waterways in West Virginia and Kentucky. 2010 (April) An explosion at the Upper Big Branch coal mine kills 29 miners. The accident brings attention to safety issues in the coal mining industry.
	Click to enlarge an image Circa 250 BCE: The Paleo-Native American Criel Mound in modern-day South Charleston 1600: Commemorative Shawnee dollar 1607: Period map of the Virginia Colony 1669: Sir William Berkeley, Colonial governor 1699: Map of the Blue Ridge Mountains and surrounding area with present-day state boarders 1716: Alexander Spotswood 1768: Map showing Proclamation of 1763 line 1859: Harper's Weeklyillustration of U.S. Marines attacking John Brown's "Fort" 1859: John Brown 1862: Battle map of Harpers Ferry 1897: "Mother" Jones 1902: Political cartoon depicting miners' strike 1921: John J. Cornwell, 15th Governor of West Virginia 1921: Battle of Blair Mountain, A group of miners display one of the bombs dropped 1933: NRA blue eagle poster 1975: Lump of coal 2000: Bill Clinton, 42nd President of the United States