At first what was the planned name to call the new state of West Virginia?

lanfranco

Perhaps you mean Kanawha? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_Kanawha Jun 16 06, 5:38 PM

myjoey

Kanawha http://www.wvculture.org/history/statehood/statename.html Jun 16 06, 5:39 PM

Babba06

Correct, strange name. I'm glad that they didn't stay with it. Jun 16 06, 7:49 PM

JoshCaleb12

Well, if they had stayed with it, we would be used to it by now... and it wouldn't be any stranger than Alaska or Arizona or Minnesota... Jun 21 06, 12:09 AM

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