Coal House, the only residence in the world built entirely of coal, is located in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. The house was occupied on June 1, 1961.
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West Virginia's Memorial Tunnel was the first in the nation to be monitored by television. It opened November 8, 1954.
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West Virginia is the only state in the Union to have acquired its sovereignty by proclamation of the President of the United States.