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Chapter 2 The Regions of WV Review WV Regions • Potomac Section • Allegheny Highlands • Allegheny Plateau • Ohio River Valley Potomac Section Allegheny Highlands Allegheny Plateau Ohio River Valley area bound by common characteristics region Characteristics of regions • Climate • economic opportunities • land forms • recreational opportunities Slopes upward from the Valley of Virginia to the Allegheny Highlands Potomac Section. Potomac Section Agriculture •Livestock •peach and apple orchards region west of the Potomac Section Allegheny Highlands one who moves into a new country to settle there immigrant highest point in the state Spruce Knob - 4,862 feet above sea level Where you will find one-sided spruce trees. Dolly Sods Lowest point in the state Harper’s Ferry State nickname The Mountain State Where is the Forest Festival held each year? Elkins region west of the Allegheny Highlands Allegheny Plateau Allegheny Plateau an elevated tract of moreor-less level land plateau What happened to the elevated level land? Eroded into gorges and canyons second oldest river in the world New worlds largest single arch steel span New River Gorge Bridge - Fayette County Where did Mad Ann Bailey ride her horse to escape the Indians? Hawks Nest White water rivers • Cheat • Tygart • New • Gauley Whitewater Rafters Gauley River Nicholas County Plateau Natural Resources • • • • • • • Limestone sandstone shale coal oil natural gas salt • • • • • • • • Important byproducts of natural resources• Gasoline Saccharin Perfumes Aspirin Lysol Vaseline Vanillin Dyes Tires • • • • • • • Benzene Kerosene Greases Paraffins Carbon black Carbon paper Inks Italian City Clarksburg Italian Heritage Festival Clarksburg Harrison County Indian meanings of Kanawha "place of the white stone" "river of evil spirits" location of the state Capitol Complex Charleston What is the name of the play about Chief Cornstalk’s daughter? The Aracoma Story At Chief Logan State Park stretches from the northern panhandle to the Big Sandy River Ohio River Valley Ohio River Cities • Wellsburg • Williamstown • Parkersburg • Wheeling • Ravenswood • Sistersville • St. Marys historic island in the Ohio River near Parkersburg Blennerhassett the crime of trying to overthrow the government of one’s state or country treason Ohio River Industries •Steel •Glass •Textile Weirton Steel Location of Fenton Glass Williamstown Ohio River Valley Festival of Lights Oglebay Park Wheeling Festival of Lights Oglebay Park Ohio County the seat of government for a nation or state capital First Capitol Building U.S. Custom House in Wheeling Independence Hall City like Urban Charleston Charleston Cattle and Sheep Livestock Health resort Spa Large city in Highlands Beckley Tamarack Town developed by James Rumsey Berkeley Springs Little Switzerland Helvetia Moves to a new country immigrant Elevated flat land Plateau Rugged Mountainous Allegheny Highlands Gorges and Canyons Allegheny Plateau Eastern Panhandle Potomac Section Potomac Eagle Potomac Section Bridge Day Allegheny Plateau Hawks Nest Allegheny Plateau Apple Orchards Potomac Section Chemical industry Allegheny Plateau Blennerhassett Island Ohio River Valley Spruce Knob Allegheny Highlands Harper’s Ferry Potomac Section Festival of Lights Festival of Lights – Oglebay Park Ohio County Ohio River Valley Blue Ridge Outlet Mall Potomac Section Berkeley Springs Potomac Section Seneca Rocks Allegheny Highlands White Water Rafting Allegheny Plateau State Capitol Complex Allegheny Plateau Sistersville Ferry Ohio River Valley Steel industry Ohio River Valley Snowshoe Ski Resort Allegheny Highlands The Trough Potomac Section Smoke Hole Caverns Allegheny Highlands New River Gorge Allegheny Plateau First Capital Ohio River Valley Forest Festival Allegheny Highlands Textile industry Ohio River Valley Helvetia Allegheny Highlands Dolly Sods Allegheny Highlands Lost World Caverns Allegheny Highlands Tourist Regions List the Tourist Regions of WV Eastern Panhandle Potomac Highlands Mountain lakes Mountaineer Country Northern Panhandle Mid-Ohio Valley Metro Valley Hatfield-McCoy Mts. New River-Greenbrier Valley someone who travels away from home to another place and who does not plan to stay permanently in the new location. tourist where the first European explorer first entered West Virginia. Harpers Ferry Eastern Panhandle the oldest town in West Virginia. Shepherdstown West Virginia’s first permanent settler Morgan Morgan Eastern Panhandle was originally called Bath Berkeley Springs Eastern Panhandle First land battle of the Civil War Philippi Mountaineer Country Home of WVU Morgantown Mountaineer Country the oldest college in the state. Bethany College “gateway to the West” Wheeling Northern Panhandle built by the early Woodland people Grave Creek Mound Northern Panhandle one of the biggest “oil booms” in the eastern United States Tyler County Northern Panhandle Oil and Gas Museum Parkersburg Mid-Ohio Valley Visitors can take a ferry to this famous Island in the Ohio River. Blennerhassett Island The largest manufacture of handmade colored glass in the U.S. Fenton Glass Mid-Ohio Valley First battle of the American Revolotion Battle of Point Pleasant Mid-Ohio Valley Developed along the C&O Railroad line •Metro Valley •Huntington Capitol Complex Charleston Metro Valley Coal was discovered Peytona, Boone County Hatfield-McCoy Mountains The region takes its name from the infamous feud Hatfield and McCoy In this town, about one hundred years ago, as many as fourteen millionaires lived in a two-block radius. Bramwell New River/Greenbrier Valley Second oldest river in the world New West Virginia’s best known cave Organ Cave New River/Greenbrier Valley Attracted thirty-three U.S. Presidents The Greenbrier Resort The city of Point Pleasant boasts a twelve-foot statue made of stainless steel with red eyes, which were made by Blenko Glass. Point Pleasant Mothman