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[[Image:West-virginia.gif|right|thumb|Map of West Virginia]]

[[Image:West-virginia.gif|right|thumb|Map of West Virginia]]

'''West Virginia''' became the thirty-fifth state on June 20, 1863, after separating from [[Virginia]] during the [[American Civil War]].  Its official nickname is "The Mountain State," which is apt considering that West Virginia has the highest mean elevation of any state east of the [[Mississippi River]].  West Virginians commonly refer to themselves as Mountaineers.  The team name of the state's flagship university-- West Virginia University-- is also the Mountaineers.  "Montani semper libre," the state's slogan, means "Mountaineers are always free."   

'''West Virginia''' became the thirty-fifth state on June 20, 1863, after separating from [[Virginia]] during the [[American Civil War]].  Its official nickname is "The Mountain State," which is apt considering that West Virginia has the highest mean elevation of any state east of the [[Mississippi River]].  West Virginians commonly refer to themselves as Mountaineers.  The team name of the state's flagship university-- West Virginia University-- is also the Mountaineers.  "Montani semper liberi," the state's slogan, means "Mountaineers are always free."   

==Founding==

==Founding==