The Battle of Droop Mountain during the Civil War was an infamous and bloody mark on the history of a newly formed state.

The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia at • Nov. 3, 1947: Kanawha Airport (now Yeager International Airport) ...

the portion now known as West Virginia broke off to form its own state. Admitted to the Union in 1863, West Virginia was the only state created from breaking apart from a Confederate state during ...