On March 14, 1891, the Legislature passed an act establishing a commission to organize the West Virginia exhibit at the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893.
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Act of the Legislature Regarding the World's Columbian
Exposition
"Our State Building"
Address Of Governor William A. MacCorkle At The
World's Columbian Exposition
"West Virginia Day"
Photographs of the World's Columbian Exposition
1892-93 In Chicago
Invitation to the Opening of the West Virginia State
Museum
"John Brown's Fort"
John Brown Souvenir From the World's Columbian
Exposition
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