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d a strip about 70 miles long upon the Ohio west of Pennsylvania, now known as the Panhandle......March 1, 1784 General Assembly directs the establishment of Morgantown......October, 1785 Wheeling laid out in town lots by Col. Ebenezer Zane......1793 Charleston created by act of legislature......Dec. 19, 1794 Aaron Burn voluntary aid to the Southern Confederacy......May 24, 1866 Legislature ratifies the Fourteenth Amendment......Jan. 16, 1867 West Virginia University at Morgantown opened......June 17, 1867 Legislature ratifies the Fifteenth Amendment......March 3, 1869 Charleston chosen as seat of government by legislature, Feb. 20,4, 1891 Stephen B. Elkins qualifies as United States Secretary of War......Dec. 24, 1891 Coal miners went on strike July 2, 1897 [Ended by compromise, Sept. 11.] Ex-Senator W. T. Willey dies at Morgantown......May 2, 1900 Ex-Postmaster-General William L. Wilson dies at Lexington, Va......Oct. 17, 1900 Wisconsin