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Virginians defeated the Mingo and Shawnee tribes.
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Elisha Brooks builds a salt furnace, beginning the Kanawha valley's salt industry.
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John Brown led a band of 22 men to steal supplies during the Civil War.
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South Carolina fired on Fort Sumter on Charleston Harbor.
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West Virginia became the 35th state.
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West Virginia's largest Civil War battle was the Battle of Droop Mt.
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Postmaster William Wilson develops a new rural mail system.
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An explosion in the Monogah Mine kills 361 miners.
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Gunfire erupted in Matewan between miners and armed detectives.
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Gymnast Mary Lou Retton Born in WV , becomes 1st woman to win Olympic gold.
