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==In-country Migration== | ==In-country Migration== | ||
*[[Pennsylvania Emigration and Immigration|'''Philadelphia, Pennsylvania''']] was an important port of entry to West Virginia, but the major port between 1870 and 1915 was [[New York Emigration and Immigration|'''New York''']], where thousands of European immigrants boarded labor trains headed for the coal fields. | *[[Pennsylvania Emigration and Immigration|'''Philadelphia, Pennsylvania''']] was an important port of entry to West Virginia, but the major port between 1870 and 1915 was [[New York Emigration and Immigration|'''New York''']], where thousands of European immigrants boarded labor trains headed for the coal fields. | ||
*Between 1910 and 1960, millions of Southerners left their home states of Tennessee, Kentucky, the Carolinas, Virginia and West Virginia. A large percentage of those leaving Kentucky, West Virginia, and Tennessee went north for jobs in the industrial sector. Many West Virginians and Kentuckians migrated to the industrial cities of Ohio, for jobs in rubber and steel. <ref>"Hillbilly Highway", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillbilly_Highway, accessed 10 April 2021.</ref> | *Between 1910 and 1960, millions of Southerners left their home states of Tennessee, Kentucky, the Carolinas, Virginia and West Virginia. A large percentage of those leaving Kentucky, West Virginia, and Tennessee went north for jobs in the industrial sector. Many '''West Virginians''' and Kentuckians migrated to the '''industrial cities of Ohio''', for jobs in rubber and steel. <ref>"Hillbilly Highway", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillbilly_Highway, accessed 10 April 2021.</ref> | ||
==For Further Reading== | ==For Further Reading== | ||