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CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: West Virginia |
 | | West of the Allegheny Range and that of the Shenandoah on the east, and the Greenbrier and Laurel Mountains on the west, are numerous short parallel ridges of which the most important are Potts or Middle Warm Spring and Jackson River Mountains. |
 | | West Virginia is richly invested with timber, comprising many varieties of the oak and fir, the hemlock, cedar, laurel, tulip-tree, the fl and white walnuts, hickory, beech, sycamore, elm, maple, birch, white and mountain ash, besides the wild-fruit varieties peculiar to the surrounding states. |
 | | West Virginia was organized and became a state during the early years of the Civil War, and was composed of the western and northern counties of the State of Virginia. |
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