1. West Virginia
The BEST Virginia

2. Montani semper liberi – The Mountaineers

3. Geography

4. NOT Virginia

5. “It’s all relative in West Virginia”
(Abercrombie and Fitch, 2005)

6. “I have Cheneys on both sides of my family, and
I’m not even from West Virginia!”

7. Cousin Marriage isn’t even legal in
West Virginia

8. States where it IS legal
• California
• New York
• New Jersey
• Massachusetts
• Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Colorado,
Connecticut, Washington DC, Georgia, Hawaii,
Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Maryland, New
Mexico, North Carolina, Rhode Island, South
Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Virginia

9. Geography

10. Geography

11. Geography

12. State Song
Almost heaven, West Virginia
Blue Ridge Mountains
Shenandoah River -
Life is old there
Older than the trees
Younger than the mountains
Growin’ like a breeze
Country Roads, take me home
To the place I belong
West Virginia, mountain momma
Take me home, country roads
All my memories gathered ‘round her
Miner’s lady, stranger to blue water
Dark and dusty, painted on the sky
Misty taste of moonshine
Teardrops in my eye

13. Marietta High School
(named after French queen Marie Antoinette)

14. Sports

15. Sports

16. Prom/Costume Ball

17. Take Your Tractor To Work Day

19. Sports

20. Family Sports Atmosphere
Roommate and Best Friend, Tom Claiborne –
154 kgs, 190 cm

21. Sports

22. Senior Prom

23. Senior Prom / Costume Ball

24. Music

25. Music

26. Professional Sports