earlier, when we were talking about coverlet's, we talked about james rossi, inventor of the steamboat. he developed a process and showed it to george washington. we have a model of the steamboat on the state museum collection. some have referred to him as the first engineer in the country. been a lot ofhas first in production manufacturing borrow the history of the united states. one of the leaders is the china company that produced more china than any other company in the world. today, you know it for fiesta where. they are also very big in dinnerware. madevirginia not only china, but glass, one of the top producers of glassware. michael owens developed the first automated bottling plants for the production of glass bottles. highway was the largest producer of sheet glass of anybody in the world at a time. when you talk about west virginia leading the way in production, in manufacturing, coal is one of the resources that has shaped the history of west virginia. i goes back, it actually ties a lot of the things we talked about together. coal was vital in the salt industry. that goes b