WV Studies- MH3WV–My Hills My Heritage My Home West Virginia

“The One Stop Start for West Virginia Studies”

“A directory of topics for West Virginia students, educators and others, plus videos and links for more information”

“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great ones make you feel that you, too, can become great.” – Mark Twain

**Made / Grown in West Virginia : Forest/Wood – Food/Beverage – Glass/Pottery – Vehicle/Components – Metals – More**

**West Virginia State Parks and Forests**

**Music and Dance in West Virginia – Official State Songs and more**

**Research Resources for West Virginia Studies: Blue Book – WV Government Branches and Agencies – Highway Markers – e-WV – State Archives**

**Educator Resources for West Virginia Studies – Lesson Plans, Videos, Links, More**

**Transportation in West Virginia: Air – Road – Rail – Water – PRT**

**National Parks, Forests, Historic and Natural Landmarks, Wildlife Refuges, Heritage Areas, and More in West Virginia**

**West Virginia Golden Horseshoe Test and West Virginia History Bowl**

Other / Miscellaneous / More

**WV150 – West Virginia Sesquicentennial**

**Energy / Natural Resources in West Virginia**

**West Virginia State Capitol Building and the Capitol Complex**

West Virginia Museums: Art – History – Science – Cryptids

**West Virginia Official State Symbols**

UPDATES — (Previous updates are on the the “About” page.) When a state or federal agency changes the URL/web address for a site, seldom is there a redirect from the previous URL. When we discover it, we attempt to find the new URL and update it on MH3WV, or we go to Archive.org’s “Wayback Machine” to find a previous version of the site to which we link.

—May 2023—

Added “2023 Golden Horseshoe Winners List” [Golden Horseshoe]

Added video “Paw Paws” [Made/Grown]

Added “The West Virginian that helped invent Rock ‘n’ Roll” [African-Americans]

Added videos “Riding a diesel mantrip thru a West Virginia coal mine”; “Animated map of the major oil and gas pipelines in the US”; “Liquified Natural Gas: From Treatment To Transport | ExxonMobil”; “Oil and Gas Formation” [Energy/Natural Resources]

Updatd URLs for Archives and History’s “Highway Markers” that had been changed by A&H; Added info and link to “The Historical Marker Database” {Research Resources]

—April 2023—

Added video “How Ex-Miners Turn Toxic Land into Lavender Farms” [Made/Grown]

Added videos “A look at Carter G. Woodson’s legacy”; “Hidden Stories: Dorothy Vaughan” ; and ”The Human Computer – Dorothy Vaughan” [African-Americans]

Added link to WVPB’s article “Dirt, Soot, Smoke And Oil: Mechanics Take on the Dirty Job of Repairing Antique Trains” [State Symbols]

Added link to WVPB’s article “A Guitar Surgeon Gives Old Instruments Their Voices Back“ [Music]

Added WV Tourism video “Almost Heaven. . .” [Other & Educator Resources]

Added WVPB/WV Archives video about the Capitol building [Capitol Complex]

Updated several URLs [State Symbols]

Added several videos and rearranged the page [Energy/Natural Resources]

Updated URLs for US Dept of Energy Websites [Energy/Natural Resources]

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MH3WV – My Hills, My Heritage, My Home, West Virginia, is “The One Stop Start” for Golden Horseshoe Test and other West Virginia Studies information. The website was launched on June 20, 2014 and has been regularly updated, most recently on May 27, 2023.

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“The One Stop Start for West Virginia Studies”

“A directory of topics for West Virginia students, educators and others, plus videos and links for more information”

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