Talk:State of Kanawha

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This stub claims the state of Kanawha was "named for the Canawese ("White Stone") Native American tribe." Permit me to doubt. I don't have any sources to cite, but the name presumably derives from an important river in the region (the Kanawha River), a practice used to name some other states. Probably the river was named after Indian inhabitants of the river valley, and the state was named after the river. --Kevin Myers 00:53, Jan 9, 2005 (UTC)

According to wvexp.com: Kanawha River, the source of the name of the Kanawha River is unclear. It seems most likely that the Delaware Indians named the river as the "place of the white stones". The river is very popular for whitewater rafting. According to the records of the First Constitutional Congress, the name Kanawha was taken because the Kanawha river is the most prominent river in the State. They were following the precedent formed by other states where the most prominent or important river was used to name the State. Upon revision of the artcile, I have removed the source of the river's name as well as that is even in doubt. --Bryan Graham 18:08, Nov 15, 2005 (UTC)

Extralegal: Deleted as POV: the opposing POV holds that the Virginia Legislature meeting at Wheeling in 1861 was the sole Constitutional Government, the majority of the Richmond legislature having disqualified itself.

[edit] Proposed names

The article does not mention Appalachia as a proposed name for the break-away entity. Is this this because that name is of more recent origin or because it was never proposed as a name? //Big Adamsky 22:17, 19 January 2006 (UTC)