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• Dun Glen Hotel

  The Dun Glen Hotel was located in Fayette County on the New River across from the railroad town of "Thurmond":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/721. Local landowner Thomas G. McKell built the hotel in the Southside community in 1901, three …

• DuPont Belle Works (Now Chemours)

  … cleanup involving both the land and groundwater in the Belle area. The hypers and the smoking coke ovens with their gleaming fires showing through the night are gone forever, but the contributions of the Belle plant to 20th-century American life are …

• Monongah Mine Disaster

  … with rescue efforts. Putting ethnic rivalries aside, these rescue crews inched through 700 acres of underground workings, battling fires, cave-ins, and deadly, explosive gases with little more than picks and shovels. Eventually, the mutilated bodies of …

• Monongahela National Forest

  … in 1942. There were 21 CCC camps in the forest. Their projects included the construction of roads and trails, forest management, fire protection, and other conservation efforts. The roads and trails built by the CCC still provide the public with access to …

• Foreman Massacre

  … of his sons. Another man was captured, and many more injured. During the attack, Lynn’s men suddenly rushed down the hillside, firing rifles and yelling so loud that they tricked the Indians into running, but it was too late. The next day, "Colonel …

• Forestry

  … greater enforcement of existing regulations, citing environmental concerns. The Division of Forestry also works to control "forest fires":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2021, tree diseases, and forest insects; collects and distributes …

• Division of Forestry

  … to protect West Virginia forests from fire, insects such as the " … Logging Sediment Control Act; administering forest fire agreements with other states; attracting … intentionally or carelessly setting forest fires. In 1933, the legislature established …

• Arch Moore

  … . For example, when 2,627 highway workers went on strike in March, demanding that the state recognize their union, he abruptly fired them. He became a key figure in the settlement of a national coal strike. His hand in the settlement benefited about 39,000 …

• Fort Ancient Culture

  … shells were added as a ‘‘temper’’ to pottery, to prevent the clay from shrinking and cracking when the pottery was fired. Although there are numerous historic references to bison in West Virginia, no skeletal remains have been found at any Fort Ancient …

• Fort Boreman

  … while another represents it as five-sided. A system of trenches partly encircled the fort. Though its cannon were never fired in battle, Fort Boreman and its troops probably deterred attacks from the rebel forces that operated in the area, especially in …

• Battle of Fort Edwards

  … hill about one and a half miles northeast of the fort when they were ambushed by Indians. The soldiers immediately returned fire, and a battle ensued that lasted about 30 minutes. Finding themselves nearly surrounded after another group of Indians joined …

• Morgan County

  … a major industry in Berkeley Springs for more than two centuries. Hotels have come and gone, bathhouses have been built and razed. Repeated fires and the Civil War took their toll. One of America’s earliest travel writers and a first-rate sketch artist, & …

• Fort Lee

  In April 1788, Col. "George Clendenin":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1305 was ordered to proceed west from present "Lewisburg":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1369 to construct a "military outpost":https:// …

• Fort Seybert

  … and agreed. Just before the gate was opened, a gun was fired at Killbuck from inside the fort, but its aim was … 41 of the settlers. After looting and setting the fort on fire, the warriors began separating the prisoners into two groups. Seventeen older …

• Fort Stanwix Treaties

  … Stanwix, built 1756–58, was named for Gen. John Stanwix. In 1776, it was renamed Fort Schuyler for Gen. Philip Schuyler of Revolutionary War fame. In 1781, the fort was destroyed by flood and fire. Rebuilt, the fort was again named Fort Stanwix.

• Gaudineer Knob

  … .wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2091, a West Virginia forester who lost his life while trying to save his children in a house fire. Located on "Cheat Mountain":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1111 in Randolph and Pocahontas counties off U.S. …

• George Washington National Forest

  … hardwoods, especially northern red oak. White pine was once prevalent in some areas, especially on Shenandoah Mountain, but insects, fires, and logging greatly reduced its extent. Deer, turkey, black bear, bobcat, ruffed grouse, and other wildlife are …

• Millard F. Giesey

  … Register of Historic Places, including the Pocahontas County Courthouse and Jail, the L. S. Good House in Wheeling, the War Memorial Building in Wetzel County, the Fayette County Courthouse, and the Warwood Fire Station. Giesey died in Wheeling.

• Christopher Gist

  … trader, coroner, surveyor, and road builder, and considered an educated man for the time. He came from a prosperous family, but a fire destroyed his storehouse of furs in 1732 and left him penniless. Around 1745, he moved to near the Yadkin River in North …

• The Government of West Virginia

  … the creation of regional development authorities to handle floods, fires, and sewers. A second innovation was the creation … consolidation such as combined jails, bus transportation, and joint fire fighting arrangements. Although West Virginia is a small …

• Greathouse Party Massacre

  … then killed them in a premeditated act. None of the Indians who were in the tavern survived the attack. The Greathouse party also fired on two canoes of Indians who came to investigate the noise. After the ambush, Greathouse, his men, and some settlers …

• Greenbrier County

  Rich in history and natural resources, Greenbrier County is the fifth-oldest and second-largest county in West Virginia. Formed during the "Revolutionary War":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/70, March 1, 1778, from portions of Botetourt …

• Pete Everest

  … -Burma-India region. He completed 67 combat missions and destroyed four Japanese aircraft before his plane was shot down by ground fire in May 1945. He was captured and remained a Japanese prisoner of war until the end of hostilities. Everest piloted …

• Everettville Mine Disaster

  … Everettville, Monongalia County. The explosion, the subsequent fire, and gas in the mine killed 111 … risk of another explosion and by the fire that continued to rage in the mine … but it was two weeks before the fires were fully contained and the last bodies …

• Folk Dance

  … , rural West Virginians kept up the old-time dance traditions unselfconsciously, gathering for regular weekly or monthly dances at fire halls, community centers, and schoolhouses. One such dance was held at New Creek, Mineral County, with others throughout …