Welcome to the West Virginia state museum, the state Cultural Center in charleston. The Western State museum was founded 1894 and has been continuous ever since. Today, well be going the immersive West Virginia state museum. Well be talking about the early frontier and settlement period, the development of the state becoming a state, the industrial nation state. And well go into the later century, the 21st century and see where West Virginia is today. Were in Western State museum, selma and frontier, period. These are some of the early, early settlers, the land. Were staying beside George Washingtons case, where it has artifacts such as his sword, his powder horn that he carved during the American Revolutionary war and the telescope that he used to survey land here in the canal valley, as well as in the eastern panhandle. George washington would have been here in the mid 1700s during this time period of frontier and eartlement. This was western virginia. It was part of the sta o virgin
Welcome to the West Virginia state museum, the state Cultural Center in charleston. The Western State museum was founded 1894 and has been continuous ever since. Today, well be going the immersive West Virginia state museum. Well be talking about the early frontier and settlement period, the development of the state becoming a state, the industrial nation state. And well go into the later century, the 21st century and see where West Virginia is today. Were in Western State museum, selma and frontier, period. These are some of the early, early settlers, the land. Were staying beside George Washingtons case, where it has artifacts such as his sword, his powder horn that he carved during the American Revolutionary war and the telescope that he used to survey land here in the canal valley, as well as in the eastern panhandle. George washington would have been here in the mid 1700s during this time period of frontier and early settlemen this was western virginia. It was part of the state of
State fair. Welcome to the West Virginia state museum, the state Cultural Center in charleston. The Western State museum was founded 1894 and has been continuous ever since. Today, well be going the immersive West Virginia state museum. Well be talking about the early frontier and settlement period, the development of the state becoming a state, the industrial nation state. And well go into the later century, the 21st century and see where West Virginia is today. Were in Western State museum, selma and frontier, period. These are some of the early, early settlers, the land. Were staying beside George Washingtons case, where it has artifacts such as his sword, his powder horn that he carved during the American Revolutionary war and the telescope that he used to survey land here in the canal valley, as well as in the eastern panhandle. George washington would have been here in the mid 1700s during this time period of frontier and early settlem this was western virginia. It was part of th
Welcome to the West Virginia state museum, the state Cultural Center in charleston. The Western State museum was founded 1894 and has been continuous ever since. Today, well be going the immersive West Virginia state museum. Well be talking about the early frontier and settlement period, the development of the state becoming a state, the industrial nation state. And well go into the later century, the 21st century and see where West Virginia is today. Were in Western State museum, selma and frontier, period. These are some of the early, early settlers, the land. Were staying beside George Washingtons case, where it has artifacts such as his sword, his powder horn that he carved during the American Revolutionary war and the telescope that he used to survey land here in the canal valley, as well as in the eastern panhandle. George washington would have been here in the mid 1700s during this time period of frontier and early settlement. Isas western virginia. It was part of the state of v
Wonderful letter. But its a letter which is here in the library. He wrote from never about to go and take command at cambridge. But he was worried that she would be lonely and that, and he was worried that he would be worrying about her being lonely. Well, as it turned out, he was lonely. And they never thought at the beginning of the war that she would be going to him, but he was who sent for her. And i think the war changed their relationship as wars do change relationships. But i think that was when he really realized, and that was when he said during the war, he said to Benjamin Franklins daughter, mrs. Batch, im not sure which is right, he said dancing at a ball during the war he said ive been, today it was 12 night, it was epiphany, january the 6th, and he said this is the day 20 years ago i was married to mrs. Washington. And much later he told marthas wayward granddaughter, eliza custis who i rather love, he said to her that marriage is the foundation, most Important Foundation