virginia 4 form Archives - ToursMaps.com ® http://toursmaps.com/tag/virginia-4-form Tue, 28 Mar 2017 15:11:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.9 West Virginia 4 http://toursmaps.com/west-virginia-4.html http://toursmaps.com/west-virginia-4.html#respond Mon, 13 Jun 2016 11:20:00 +0000 http://toursmaps.com/?p=205515 Lourdes Gutierrez Najera West Virginia chronology 1800s- 1900s As West Virginia’s railroad, coal, and zinc production industries boom at the turn of the century, the state embarks on recruitment campaigns to attract European migrants. Spanish migrants, many from the region of Asturias, migrate to West Virginia. 1903 Clarksburg becomes an important fuel producer rich in coal, natural gas, and petroleum. The area’s mines attract Spanish miners. 1900-1920 The zinc industry booms in West Virginia. Zinc production and smelting plants heavily recruit Spanish employees who were familiar with this type of work. Spanish migrants from the southern region of Andalusia, Galicia,

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