| Calhoun and regional students received Golden Horseshoes Friday in Charleston at the Cultural Center.
Knowledge of the Mountain State really paid off for a group of eighth-graders who were honored with a prestigious award.
Receiving the Golden Horseshoe from Calhoun was Calhoun Jeremy
Parsons and Destiny Wager.
The Golden Horseshoe test has been administered in West Virginia each year since 1931 and is the longest running program of its kind in the United States.
The top-scoring students in each county receive the prestigious award. Each county has at least two winners. The exam tests student knowledge on West Virginia citizenship, civics and government, economics, geography, history and current events.
Receiving the award in Roane County,
Carley
Jarrell,
Jeffrey
Proctor-Kinsley, and
Dylan
Hammack.
Wirt County, Bradley
Hall and Sophia
Steigleder.
Braxton County,
Brady
Bender,
Garrett
Perkins, and
Sydney
Skidmore.
Clay County,
Oliva
Legg,
Heather
Sears, and
James
Summers.
Gilmer County,
Logan
Phares and
Kaylene
Snyder.
Ritchie County,
Haley
Mitchel,
Michael
Sammons, and
Samuel
Summers.
The Golden Horseshoe originated in the early 1700s in Virginia when then-Gov. Alexander Spotswood saw the need for exploration of the land west of the Allegheny Mountains, most of which is now West Virginia. Spotswood organized a party of about 50 men to explore the frontier. At the end of the exploration, he presented each member of the party with a golden horseshoe.
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