West Virginia's 150th Celebration

The Index Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 4 Joseph Pomeroy, Hancock County representative . . . . . . . . . . Page 4 Campbell Tarr, first state treasurer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 5 Granville Parker, early supporter of statehood . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 6 The story of Col. Richard Hooker Brown and Billy Wilson . . . . Page 8 William Pendleton and early education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 9 How West Virginia became a state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 11 James Hervey, Brooke County representative . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 11 Underground Railroad in the Ohio Valley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 12 The Duval family in Wellsburg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 13 Arthur Boreman’s Inaugural address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 14 Construction of the Panhandle Railroad Bridge . . . . . . . . . . Page 15 A look at Holliday’s Cove . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 16 Joseph H. Diss Debar and the State Seal . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 17 Arthur Boreman, West Virginia’s first governor . . . . . . . . Page 17 Medical care of soldiers in the Ohio Valley . . . . . . . Page 24 Proclamation declaring statehood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 31