Profiles
Key People and Their Impact
Michael L.
Benedum
Oil & Gas Wildcatter
Arthur Ingram
Boreman
1st Governor of West Virginia
Johnson Newlon
Camden
Oil & Gas Wildcatter
John Joyce
Carter
Oil Businessman
David B.
Crawford
Oil & Gas Machinery Businessman
Benjamin Henry
Latrobe II
Railroad Civil Engineer
Francis Harrison
Pierpont
The Father of West Virginia
John C.
Rathbone
Oil & Gas Wildcatter
John V.
Rathbone
Oil & Gas Wildcatter
James McNeil
Stephenson
Lawyer, Politician, Banker, Developer
Mary (Mickey)
Maxine Welch
Business Leader and Philanthropist
Israel Charles
White
Oil & Gas Wildcatter; 1st State Geologist