Trivia 12-4-17 Almost Heaven

[Trivia Master]

What was the original name proposed for the State of West Virginia?

credit: @JohnW.

 

[kholland]

Kanawha

 

[Canadian]

Kanawha

 

[Jimklag]

Kanawha was originally proposed as the state's name. In the wake of Virginia's secession, a convention of delegates from western Virginia met in Wheeling in 1861 for the purpose of forming the "State of Kanawha," which incorporated 39 counties.

 

[captaindrew]

Kanawha

 

[BlueNGrey]

Kanawha , with honorable mention going to "Allegheny," "Augusta," "Columbia," "New Virginia," "Vandalia" , "Western Virginia".

www.wikiwand.com/en/State_of_Kanawha

 

[William G Hendry]

State of Kanawha
History of West Virginia
From Wikipedia,

The creation of the state of Kanawha, consisting of most of the counties that now comprise West Virginia. A little over one month later, Kanawha was renamed West Virginia.

 

[SWMODave]

Kanawha

(Source)

Funny Story even though I am not to good at telling them. Many years ago, my first wife and I drove to spend the weekend at her family reunion in northern West Virginia. Absolutely beautiful state and friendly people. Anyway, while I am sitting outside with a group of local men eating lunch, I am asked by one of them what I knew of West Virginia. I replied that I didn't want to be offensive, but before I came, I thought it might be like the movie Deliverance. There was one of those moments of silence that only lasts a split second, but seems like a much longer pause, when one of them replied - "Nah - that's southern West Virginia!"

One of the states in the Union I would live in without hesitation - north side anyway

 

[Stony]

Kanawha
source-http://www.history.com/news/8-things-you-may-not-know-about-west-virginia

 

[Waterloo50]

What was the original name proposed for the State of West Virginia?

credit: @JohnW.

State of Kanawha.

 

[Wallyfish]

Kanawha.

2. Kanawha was originally proposed as the state's name.
In the wake of Virginia's secession, a convention of delegates from western Virginia met in Wheeling in 1861 for the purpose of forming the "State of Kanawha," which incorporated 39 counties. The name honored a Native American tribe and a major state river of the same name. When the constitution for the proposed state was finalized in 1862, however, the name had changed to the more generic West Virginia.

http://www.history.com/news/8-things-you-may-not-know-about-west-virginia

 

[Copperhead-mi]

Kanawha

 

[Northern Light]

Kanawha- Wikepedia

 

[Schwallanscher]

allegheny, augusta, columbia, new virginia, vandalia but the answer should be state of kanawha

 

[Schwallanscher]

source

 

[Schwallanscher]

is there a reason why links dont work?

Edit - I'm not sure whether this answers your question, but there is a way to cite Wikipedia articles without bringing up the entire article on the page.

Instructions can be found in the Campfire Chat forum under "Rules, Modern Politics, Tech Help and other important threads." There is only one post on the thread. The link to "How to Cite Wiki" is near the bottom of the post.

hoosier

 

[Mark F. Jenkins]

East Ohio.

No, just kidding. The original name proposed was Kanawha, after the river. Still think that makes more sense than "West Virginia."

 

[truthckr]

Kanawha was originally proposed as the state's name

 

[DBF]

"State of Kanawha,"
http://www.history.com/news/8-things-you-may-not-know-about-west-virginia

 

[GS]

Kanawha... which means either "new water" or "friendly brother", depending on which NA tribe, Shawnee or Catawba respectively, one attributes a translation.

This confusion of name meaning/translation is common to other place names. Alabama, for example, can mean "thicket clearers" or "here we rest"... or in the case of the mid-eastern languages, can mean "a high place for worship of God."