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King James Grants charter that includes what is now West Virginia.
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Morgan ap Morgan becomes area's first white settler with cabin at Bunker Hill.
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George Washington surveys western Virginia land.
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West Virginia becomes the nation's 35th state.
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West Virginia won't reunite with Virginia at end of Civil war
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Capital is moved to Charleston, where it remains today
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U.S Supreme Court rules West Virginia owes Virginia debt from when it separated in 1863
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National Radio Astronomy Observatory begins
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West Virginia legislature passes environmental laws
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West Virginia enters the 21st century