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the handle on west virginia

  • Only State Created by Seceding from a Confederate State: West Virginia was born in the middle of the Civil War.

  • It seceded from Virginia in 1863 to join the Union, making it the only state created by seceding from a Confederate state.

  • The town of Point Pleasant is famous for sightings of a mysterious creature known as the Mothman, first reported in the 1960s.

  • Hidden beneath The Greenbrier Resort is a massive Cold War-era bunker built to shelter Congress in case of a nuclear attack.

  • This iconic bridge in Fayetteville spans 3,030 feet across the New River Gorge and is one of the longest steel single-arch bridges in the world. 

  • This cave system near Lewisburg contains massive stalactites and stalagmites, some over 28 feet tall. 

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