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...every schoolboy's father is conscious of the peculiar individ uality of the transmontane commonwealth. Wherefore, a joint resolu tion has been introduced into the West Virginia Legislature to change its name to Kanawha. "We need a distinctive name," editorialized one time (1911-17) U. S. Senator Chilton in the Charleston (W. Va.) Gazette. "Then the dumbbells would have to learn it as they have learned Oklahoma. . . . Who is not tired of explaining to the morons that Wheeling is not on the James River...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Kanawha | 5/4/1925 | See Source »

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