The first state sales tax in the United States went into effect in West Virginia on July 1, 1921.
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Mother's Day was first observed at Andrews Church in Grafton, West Virginia on May 10, 1908.
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Moundsville, West Virginia is the site of the continent's largest cone-shaped prehistoric burial mound. It is 69 feet high and 900 feet in circumference at the base and was opened on March 19, 1838.