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Ephraim Bee and his wife Catherine operated an inn that served stage traffic from the Northwest Turnpike. J.H. Diss Debar, designer of the W.V. State Seal, remarked that seeing all the children playing about, he had never dined in a Bee Hive before, and thereafter it was called the Bee Hive Inn. In 1845 Ephraim founded the Ancient and Honorable Order of E Clampsus Vitus here, and as founder he took the title of Noble Grand Gyascutis. E Clampsus Vitus spread throughout the U.S.A., especially in the booming California Gold Rush area, and it still thrives here and in the western U.S. as an Historical Society with 100,000 plus members.
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