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The Economy of West Virginia is one of the weakest in the United States, surpassed only by Mississippi. Coal is one of the state's primary economic resources. The effort of unions to organize miners is a violent chapter in the state's history. In 1933, the President of the United States Franklin Delano Roosevelt threatened to call the National Guard in order to forcibly unionize parts of Raleigh County. Nevertheless, labor organizing persisted under the leadership of John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers. Official language(s) English Capital Charleston Largest city Charleston Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 41st 62,809 km² 210 km 385 km 0. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Coal is a fossil fuel extracted from the ground by underground mining or open-pit mining (strip mining). ... 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... The President of the United States (often abbreviated POTUS) is the head of state of the United States. ... Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882–April 12, 1945), 32nd President of the United States, the longest-serving holder of the office and the only man to be elected President more than twice, was one of the central figures of 20th century history. ... National Guard may refer to: A military force: Cypriot National Guard United States National Guard National Guard (France), active during the French Revolution Saudi Arabian National Guard A part of the Military of Kuwait Iraqi National Guard A part of the Military of Venezuela Portuguese Republican National Guard National Guard... Raleigh County is a county located in the state of West Virginia. ... John L. Lewis John Llewellyn Lewis (February 12, 1880–June 11, 1969) was a organized labor leader who served as president of the United Mine Workers of America from 1920 to 1960. ... United Mine Workers of America seal The United Mine Workers (UMW or UMWA) is a United States labor union that represents workers in mining. ...

Bituminous coal seam in southwestern West Virginia

The state has an extensive network of railroads, and much of the coal is transported by rail. The railways were once one of the largest customers for coal to drive the steam locomotives, but these have been replaced by diesel locomotives. Coal is rarely used now for home heating. Most coal today is used by power plants to produce electricity, both in West Virginia, and in other eastern states. Coal seam in West Virginia Image copyleft: Image taken by me, released under GFDL, Pollinator 04:34, Dec 24, 2004 (UTC) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Coal seam in West Virginia Image copyleft: Image taken by me, released under GFDL, Pollinator 04:34, Dec 24, 2004 (UTC) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Official language(s) English Capital Charleston Largest city Charleston Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 41st 62,809 km² 210 km 385 km 0. ... This is the top-level page of WikiProject trains Rail tracks Rail transport refers to the land transport of passengers and goods along railways or railroads. ... In physical chemistry and in engineering, steam refers to vaporized water. ... A locomotive (from lat. ... Diesel or Diesel fuel is a specific fractional distillate of fuel oil (mostly petroleum) that is used as fuel in a diesel engine invented by German engineer Rudolf Diesel. ... Electrical generator Generator (Mathematics) ... Electricity is a property of matter that results from the presence or movement of electric charge. ...

West Virginia was one of the first states to engage in drilling for oil. Small to medium oil and natural gas fields still exist and are scattered mostly in the Allegheny Plateau and the Cumberland Plateau in an arc throughout the western part of state. The Allegheny Plateau is a large, dissected plateau area in southern New York, western Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and eastern Ohio. ... The Cumberland Plateau includes much of eastern Kentucky and western West Virginia in the United States. ...

Farming is practiced throughout West Virginia, but in a form different from large extensive cash-crop agriculture elsewhere in the USA. The modal average farm size was a smallish 140 to 179 acres (567,000 to 724,000 m²), most statistics in this section are taken from the 2002 US Census of Agriculture for West Virginia, which sold less than $2,500 of crops annually. Family and single-owner operation worked 92.7% of the farms, and an astounding 96.9% were totally or partly owned by the operator. On the other hand, only 50.5% of the state's farmers considered farming to be their primary occupation, with a significant number of hours worked elsewhere each year. It should be noted that the rural poverty rate in West Virginia is 20.4% and that this figure is five points higher than the urban poverty rate.

This description of farming portrays an independent and self-sufficient base of small land owners, but also a significant amount of rural poverty. A boy from an East Cipinang trash dump slum in Jakarta, Indonesia shows his find. ...

As can be expected in a rugged terrain, raising animals was far more important than growing vegetative crops. Income from animals exceeded income from plants by about 7 to 1, with much of the non-animal income derived from sales of fodder. The chief animals raised were cattle and chickens.

In the ridge and valley area along the eastern border near Virginia's Shenandoah Valley, subsidiary valleys are wide and there are some belts of rich soil which are extensively farmed. In 2002, all of the top five counties by agricultural dollar value were located near the eastern Virginia border. Official language(s) English Capital Richmond Largest city Virginia Beach Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 35th 110,862 km² 320 km 690 km 7. ... Canoeing on the Shenandoah River near Winchester, VA. The Shenandoah Valley region of western Virginia, from Winchester to Staunton, is bounded by the Blue Ridge mountains to the East and the Allegheny mountains to the West. ... Soil is material capable of supporting plant life. ... Bales of hay on a farm near Ames, Iowa A farm is the basic unit in agriculture. ...

In traditional frontier agriculture there was much gathering of wild "greens" and other vegetation to supplement the diet. One area where this practice is still significant is the gathering of wild North American ginseng, often for the Asian market. Wild gathered ginseng contributed about $ 2 million in 2000 to the West Virginia economy, a figure larger than many conventional cultivated vegetable and fruit crops. Other wild greens, such as sour dock, lambs quarters, and wild leek (or "ramps") are also still gathered by many for table use, although today more on the basis of avocation or keeping up traditions than out of necessity. Species Panax ginseng - Chinese/Korean Ginseng Panax japonicus - Japanese Ginseng Panax pseudoginseng - Himalayan Ginseng Panax quinquefolius - American Ginseng Panax trifolius - Dwarf Ginseng Panax vietnamensis - Vietnamese Ginseng Ginseng (Panax) is a genus of about five or six species of slow-growing perennial plants with fleshy roots, in the family Araliaceae. ... Binomial name Allium tricoccum Wild leeks (Allium tricoccum), also known as ramps are a member of the onion family (Alliaceae). ...

Along the western edges of the state the large rivers of the mid-continent erode a distance into the hills and it is here, in the west, that some dense pockets of heavy industry appear. In the Kanawha River Valley near Charleston and along the southern Ohio River Valley near Huntington chemicals predominate, attracted by a readily available labor force and access by barge carriers. Metallurgy, especially steel, has been predominant in the Northern Panhandle due to a spill-over effect from the traditional center of the US steel industry in Pittsburgh. The Kanawha River is a tributary of the Ohio River, approximately 97 miles (156 km) long, in the U.S. state of West Virginia. ... Downtown Charleston Founded Incorporated 1788 1794  County Kanawha County Borough Parrish Mayor Danny Jones Area  - Total  - Water 84. ... Ohio River viewed from Liberty Hill in Ripley, Ohio. ... Motto: Nickname: {{{nickname}}} Map Political Statistics Founded 1785 Incorporated 1871 County Cabell County Borough {{{borough}}} Parrish {{{parrish}}} Mayor David Felinton Geographic Statistics Area  - Total  - Water 38. ... Self propelled barge carrying bulk crushed stone A barge is a flat-bottomed boat, built mainly for river and canal transport of heavy goods. ... The old steel cable of a colliery winding tower Steel is a metal alloy whose major component is iron, with carbon being the primary alloying material. ... The Northern Panhandle is a region in the U.S. state of West Virginia. ... Skyline of downtown Pittsburgh Pittsburgh is a city in Western Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Allegheny County. ...

	State of West Virginia Cities | Towns | Villages | Census-designated places | Governors | Colleges and universities File links The following pages link to this file: Robert Byrd West Virginia Putnam County, West Virginia Clay County, West Virginia Charleston, West Virginia Ohio County, West Virginia Barbour County, West Virginia Braxton County, West Virginia Wyoming County, West Virginia Wood County, West Virginia Wirt County, West Virginia Wetzel County... Official language(s) English Capital Charleston Largest city Charleston Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 41st 62,809 km² 210 km 385 km 0. ... List of cities in West Virginia, arranged in alphabetical order. ... List of towns in West Virginia, arranged in alphabetical order. ... List of villages in West Virginia, arranged in alphabetical order. ... List of census-designated places in West Virginia, arranged in alphabetical order. ... This is a list of Governors of West Virginia Categories: Lists of United States governors | Governors of West Virginia ... This is a list of colleges and universities in the U.S. state of West Virginia. ...
	Regions
	Allegheny Plateau | Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area | Cumberland Plateau | Eastern Panhandle | Northern Panhandle | Potomac Highlands | Ridge-and-valley Appalachians | Southern West Virginia
	Major cities
	Charleston | Huntington | Parkersburg | Wheeling
	Counties
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