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• Sutton

  … s Creek and the "Elk River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/ … major transportation routes. The Elk River was navigable at times all … Bridge Turnpike across the Elk River at Sutton in 1853. Due … were built on the Elk River upstream from the town in …

• Bridge Day

  … . The preeminent attraction is the "New River Gorge Bridge":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/ … the spectacular fall colors of the New River Gorge far below. Participants may visit the … jump from the bridge into the New River Gorge, the only day it is …

• Sutton Dam and Lake

  … imposing structure. It straddles "Elk River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/ … downstream residents and communities along Elk River, even though it has never reached … ramps. The 17,184-acre Elk River Wildlife Management Area that surrounds …

• Swamps

  … typically associated with the backwaters of river floodplains. Characteristic tree species in … swamps include red maple, silver maple, river birch, ash, sweet gum, sycamore, … broad floodplain of the "Meadow River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/ …

• Bridges

  … roads and railways over creeks and rivers. Pedestrian bridges carry sidewalks and the … -professionals to monumental structures across major rivers. The earliest bridges were modest … 64 bridge crossing the Kanawha River between Dunbar and South Charleston in …

• Ralph Swinburn

  … running from the mines to a barge facility on the Kanawha River. This little railroad preceded the arrival of the mainline C& … was literally landlocked, connecting only to the mine and the river. Swinburn soon sent for his family, who joined him on …

• Brooke County

  … and all drain west to the Ohio River. Bottomlands of varying widths border the … articles/837, military roads, and the Ohio River served Brooke’s early transportation needs, … the face of the county. Coal, the river, and available flat bottomland brought steel, …

• Meshach Browning

  … , but spent most of his life on the "Youghiogheny River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1395 watershed near … .org/articles/1168 and spent time in the bustling Ohio River frontier town before returning to western Maryland. Browning’s …

• Browns Island

  … Island stands in the "Ohio River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/ … permanently inundated by the Ohio River, and a small "Adena& … on excursions down the Ohio River in 1765. Five years later … area, 40 feet above the river. On December 15, 1972, as …

• The Bruen Lands Feud

  … ://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/931 of families from the Clinch River area of southwestern Virginia. A dispute arose over their … with the feud. In 1877, long after the Clinch River settlers had established their Jackson County homesteads, Bruen agents …

• Brush Creek Falls

  … falls, which drop 29 feet, are located in a deep canyon one mile above where Brush Creek flows into the "Bluestone River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/577. Jimmy D. Johnson established a "water-powered mill":http://www. …

• Tackett’s Fort

  Tackett’s Fort was located at the mouth of the "Coal River":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1365 at present "St. Albans":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/151. Lewis, Samuel, and Christopher Tackett and friend John Young …

• Tale of the Elk

  … , hunting, and camping up and down his beloved "Elk River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2185. A favorite pastime … evident to his readers. _Tale of the Elk_ follows its namesake river from headwaters to mouth in 49 chapters, with a 50th, …

• William Purviance Tams Jr.

  … , Virginia, and studied engineering at Virginia Polytechnic Institute in Blacksburg. He went to work for entrepreneur Samuel Dixon in the New River coalfield in 1904. With the support of Dixon and J. O. Watts of Lynchburg, Tams launched his own company, …

• Tanneries

  … Lost City. In Buckhannon, Pittsburgh’s William Flaccus and Son in 1893 bought a tannery along the banks of the Buckhannon River and adjacent to the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. Until it burned in 1935, the Buckhannon tannery continued to provide tanbark …

• Buckongahelas

  … Indian war leader for whom, some believe, the "Buckhannon River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/686 was named. … name to the Indian leader though other historians say that the river was named for Colonel John Buchanan and the city named …

• Taylor County

  … the turnpike crossed the "Tygart Valley River":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/ … should reach or cross the Tygart Valley River within three miles of Three Fork … .org/articles/848. The Tygart Valley River flows through the county, linking the …

• Buffalo Archeological Site

  The Buffalo archeological site is located on the east bank of the "Kanawha River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1123 near the town of Buffalo, "Putnam County":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1948. The site is listed in …

• Buffalo Creek Flood

  One of the country’s worst mining-related disasters occurred February 26, 1972, on Buffalo Creek in Logan County. At approximately 8 a.m., a coal waste dam collapsed on the Middle Fork of Buffalo Creek, releasing 132 million gallons of water, coal refuse, …

• Teays Valley

  … , which sweeps across western West Virginia and southern Ohio, was abandoned by the disappearance of the ancient "Teays River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/698 during the Pleistocene Epoch. The broad valley, now drained by other streams …

• Buffalo Creek & Gauley Railroad

  … (later part of the B&O). The railroad’s owner, Elk River Coal & Lumber Company, operated a mine at Widen. In 1916, … been used intermittently, most recently as part of the coal-hauling Elk River Railroad in the late 1990s. Five of the Buffalo Creek & …

• Telephone Service

  … , Kentucky, this line provided service to Charleston and Huntington, along with other cities located along the Kanawha and Ohio rivers. Construction of toll and long-distance lines through the rest of the state soon created a network to almost every …

• Bulltown

  … the banks of the "Little Kanawha River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/ … Strouds Creek, on the nearby "Gauley River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles … /articles/1146 crossed the Little Kanawha River on a covered bridge at this …

• Jesse Hughes

  … to live with a daughter where he died a lonely anachronism in the fall of 1829. Legend has it that the "Hughes River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/715 was named for Jesse Hughes and brother Elias, though there were others of that name …

• Frank Thomas

  … places, taking others sight-seeing over the New River Gorge, giving flight lessons, looking for downed aircraft … a colorful figure in the emergence of New River tourism, best known for his $5 tours of New River Gorge. His 1978 book, _It Is This Way with …