10. What were some other potential names for the state?

Answers: There were several, including:

 

·        Allegheny

·        Augusta

·        Columbia

·        Kanawha (first choice for the state name).

·        New Virginia

·        Western Virginia

 

And Vandalia (100 years before the Civil War).

Here are some signs (created by Danny Pettry) for what W.Va. could have been: