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Cold War Family Letters – By Mitchell Rickards September 14th To My Dear Mother, Father and Siblings, It’s been quite some time since I wrote to you all last. I am so grateful for the two or three letters that I have received from you. The letters have helped me so much through these tough time and knowing once this war is finally over know I can return to a loving family. I’ve been in Maryland since the last time I wrote a letter to you and have had to deal with few injuries and casualties in

County residents met Tuesday to learn more information about payments from a court settlement related to the 2014 Elk River chemical spill. Details were released April 27 regarding the settlement of a class-action lawsuit between plaintiffs and West Virginia American Water and Eastman Chemical Company. Out of the $151 million settlement, $76 million would be set aside for direct payments for claims. More than 300,000 residents across 9 counties were affected by the January 2014 spill. One of those

spirits that still are hungry for young blood. A little girl died and her soul lies in each of the dolls watching and waiting for her killer at The Island of the Dolls located in Mexico. The Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum is located in Weston, West Virginia. In the past, people who have entered this building have instantly gained mental issues and were diagnosed with unusual diseases. The Trans-Allegheny lunatic Asylum is the scariest places in the world, because of it is intense

better than the Union soldiers could. The Union did not let them stop them. The south was defending their homeland, and this have them a strength in the war. The North was fighting for what they thought was just so they were doing everything in their power to defeat the south. The North had a strong navy with a large number of private ships. The Union’s navy helped to blockade the south ports so they were unable to leave and could not receive help from nations across the sea. The South wasted many of

During the Civil War nearly 3.6 million men served in the army of both sides while only 137,500 served for either Navy(Veit). The Yankees and the rebels both were unprepared for Naval warfare at the beginning of the war. The North still had many shipyards and materials available compared to the South’s few. It took years for the two to build up ironclads and battleships capable of battling on the high seas, rivers or bays. The Union made a blockade that they hoped would prevent the Confederates from

distinctive folkways” (“Appalachia | Definition,” n.d.). Relatedly, the Appalachian Regional Commission describes that the Appalachian Mountain region includes “all of West Virginia and parts of…Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia,” (“The Appalachian Region,” n.d.). Also, on its webpage, The Appalachian Regional Commission further contextualizes the economic conditions of Appalachia, saying that,

| ________________________________________ MORGANTOWN, W.Va.–In West Virginia’s 91-62 win over Long Beach State on Monday night, the Mountaineers had an unusual cast carry them to victory. Lamont West scored 22 points. Sagaba Konate contributed a career-high 20 points and Chase Harler added a career-high 14. It was Harler that was a pleasant surprise on the stats sheet. Coming out of high school, the Moundsville, W.Va. native was a one of the state’s top basketball players. As a senior, he averaged

They were so ill equipped that they had to use small river boats before they could sail out to sea. The first ship that the South made was the Ironclad or Virginia as they named it. The ship itself started off as an old river steamer. Then the Confederates found it, fixed it, and reinforced it with heavy and solid iron plates. When the Union cut off Southern trading, they released their Ironclad on the blockade

plantations. Surprisingly, the Union trumped the Confederates with their farms. The “[m]echanization of farming allowed a single farmer growing crops such as corn or wheat to plant, harvest, and process much more than was possible when hand and animal power were the only available tools…” (Arrington, Industry and Economy during the Civil

“Monitor vs. CSS Virginia (Public Broadcasting Service), 29.57 mins. The Union’s monitor was a controversial design. Inside of the monitor was the turrent, which rotted to bring two guns to bear on the target. The designs were very successful. In the early 1800s there was an advancement of early artillery shells. When the first iron clad activities were presented they required too much technology that the South did not have. Architects of the new ship were John Porter, his design was simple and