Pinnacle Rock, West Virginia

West Virginia is located in the Appalachian region of the Southern United States.  It became a state during the American Civil War when 50 north-western counties of Virginia whose land-owners owned few to no slaves decided to break away from Virginia. The new state was admitted to the Union on June 20, 1863, and was a key Civil War border state. West Virginia was the only state to form by seceding from a Confederate state and was one of two states formed during the American Civil War (the other being Nevada, which separated from Utah Territory).