Interesting Facts about West Virginia

• The discovery of wild marijuana growing in Moorefield brought a marked increase in tourism to the town, but the weed was destroyed by officials.
• The West Virginia "panhandle" is so narrow that the city of Weirton stretches from border to border. The only U.S. city that extends from one state border to another, it is wedged in between Ohio and Pennsylvania.
• A touring circus is said to have decided the choice of Charleston as state capital. Its supporters lured voters statewide with a flamboyant circus and won handily.
• Ann Royall became the first woman journalist to interview a president. While John Quincy Adams was swimming, she stole his clothes and would not return them until he gave her a hearing.
• Entomologist Romeo D. Erdie gained fame for his bug factory. Uses for his model insects have ranged from exterminator ads to fine jewelry. He turned them out by the millions.
• The community of Shepherdstown was on George Washington's list for choice of a national capital, but it lost out in the final selection.
• Bluefield, 2,558 feet above sea level, is the highest city east of Denver.