It is varied in surface, from high mountain ranges, hilly and undulating midlands, to level and rich river bottoms; and is nearly all available either for cultivation or grazing; while its valuable deposits of coal lie very near the surface in nearly all parts of the State. Iron abounds, and timber of the best quality. Its manufacturing facilities are great; and its canals and railroads, with the Ohio river on its northwestern border, furnish the means of making it one of the richest States in the Union. The climate is healthy, and the scenery picturesque, and in places it rises to wild grandeur.
It has an area of 23,000 square miles, or 14,720,000 acres.
The population, in 1870 was 445,616. This State has now three Members of Congress. West Virginia was subsequently put into the fourth judicial circuit, and constitutes one judicial district. Parkersburg, also, was made a port of delivery.
Charleston is the capital. The State election is held on the fourth Thursday in October. The Legislature meets on the second Tuesday in January.
UNITED STATES SENATORS.
| Peter G. Van Winkle, | from | 1863 | to | 1869. | |
| Waitman T. Willey, | ” | 1863 | ” | 1871. | |
| Arthur J. Boreman, | ” | 1868 | ” | 1875. | |
| H. G. Davis, | ” | 1871 | ” | 1877. | |
| Allen T. Caperon, | ” | 1875 | ” | 1881. |
NEVADA.
“The Snowy Land” derives its name from the Sierra Nevada, or Snowy Range of mountains forming the eastern boundary of California. It lies in the western part of the basin of the Great Salt Lake and among those mountains, in whose rocky bosom was found the stimulus that has changed so much of the Pacific slope, and the Rocky Mountain region, from a wild and dismal waste to populous and thriving States.