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Show Virginia's Claim to Fame. Virginia wns termed the mother of states from the great number of states which were carved out of the territory originally Included under the name of Virginia, and also as being be-ing the first settled and oldest of the original thirteen states of the Union. The states created out of what was once Virginian territory are Kentucky, Ken-tucky, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. Daring Dar-ing the Civil war the northwestern part of the seceded stnte, which remained re-mained loyal to the Union, was separated sepa-rated from Virglnin, and dmltted Into the Union as a separate state, under the name of West Virginia. |