Tourism is the state's leading industry.
Marshall University, located in Huntington, was named for Chief Justice John Marshall of the United States Supreme Court. West Virginia University, located in Morgantown, has had 26 students to receive Rhodes Scholarships to study at Oxford University in England. Charles Town, in Jefferson County, was where slave abolitionist John Brown was convicted of treason, conspiracy and murder following his raid on Harpers Ferry, also in Jefferson County. Dropping down to 247 feet above sea level, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, marks lowest point in the state.