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• Indian Trails

  … of the trail that followed the Kanawha River is also called the "Kanawha … throughout Western Virginia. Many followed the river valleys, including the Paint Creek Trail, … Trail, the Guyandotte Trail, the Coal River Trail, and the Little Kanawha Trail. …

• Indian Wars

  … the territory drained by the "Ohio River":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/ … on both sides were killed along the river during the decade that followed the … to west: from the Greenbrier, upper New River, and upper Potomac valleys during the …

• University of Charleston

  The University of Charleston, an independent university situated on the Kanawha River opposite the West Virginia capitol, serves the greater Charleston community with a spectrum of academic and cultural opportunities. The institution offers a variety of …

• Indians

  … , the native villages on the Ohio, Kanawha, and Monongahela rivers were abandoned. Archeologists have not been able to relate … grants through the Indian Manpower Program operated by the Three Rivers Indian Center in Pittsburgh. While most common in the …

• Upshur County

  … 3,000 feet in the rugged southeastern section. The "Buckhannon River":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/686 is the major … .wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1923 on the banks of the Buckhannon River. By 1770, a permanent settlement was made in the …

• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

  … of West Virginia, converting free-flowing rivers into managed waterways for purposes … offices be established throughout the Ohio River basin. After 1888, division offices … . Cargo originating on West Virginia rivers may travel throughout the Mississippi …

• Mary Draper Ingles

  … including West Virginia’s rugged "New River Gorge":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/ … ":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1123 rivers and on through the New River … , she continued living on the New River and had several more children. Son …

• Interstate Highway System

  … via a tunnel under "East River Mountain":http://www.wvencyclopedia. … via a bridge across the Ohio River north of Parkersburg. It was … state’s famed "New River Gorge Bridge":http://www … just east of the Ohio River in downtown Wheeling and is …

• Invertebrates

  … jellyfish can be found in the Ohio River and in ponds, reservoirs, and other … nearly to extinction from the Ohio River and its tributaries. One of West … other mussel species, but pollution, disturbance from river traffic, and competition from the introduced …

• Vernacular Architecture

  … Virginia, including the Tidewater. Maj. John Hansford, born in 1765 in Orange County, acquired property on the "Kanawha River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1123 and built a house below the mouth of Paint Creek. The Old Stone House at …

• Vienna

  … , and Vienna remained mostly farms until the early 20th century. Then new means of transportation such as the Ohio River Railroad (1884), the Interurban streetcar line (1902), and improved roads encouraged the growth of both industry and population. By …

• Irish

  … along the Maryland side of the Potomac River from Washington to Cumberland, Maryland, beginning … Paw Paw Tunnel, in Maryland across the river from "Paw Paw":http://www … . In the 1820s, the "James River & Kanawha Turnpike":http://www. …

• Irish Mountain

  Irish Mountain, located above the New River in "Raleigh County":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1981 … , including Irish Mountain, had been added to the "New River Gorge National Park and Preserve":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/ …

• Vines

  … help it climb. Its namesakes include Greenbrier County, Greenbrier River, the Greenbrier resort, and Ronceverte (which is French … ://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1339 and on several Ohio River islands. In contrast is creeping snowberry in mountain bogs …

• The Virginia

  … for going aground on a falling "Ohio River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1740 … its weight. The rains came again, the river rose, and it re-floated itself. … that in moving the _Virginia_ near the river the house movers had ‘‘put the boat …

• Virginius Island

  Virginius Island, located in the Shenandoah River adjacent to "Harpers Ferry":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/ … once separated from the mainland of Harpers Ferry by a natural river channel. By the 1850s, a canal had replaced the channel. …

• Thomas Walker

  … In 1748, he explored Virginia’s New River Valley on a journey that took … and named the Cumberland Gap and Cumberland River. His return route through present southern … quot;:http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/33 rivers at present Hinton, and ascended most …

• Ward Engineering Works

  … and tunnel-type, screw-propelled shallow-draft river steamboats. These were the forerunners of the … on the south side of the Kanawha River across from downtown. By the 1890s, … water-tube boilers were found on both river packets and on coastal defense vessels …

• Warrior Path

  … org/articles/837 joined the Warrior Path in present southwest Virginia, south of the present state line. They included the Tug River Trail, the Bluestone Trail, and the Shawnee or Seneca Trail. The McCullough or Trader’s Trail crossed the Eastern Panhandle …

• Washington

  … was patterned after Fulton’s original Hudson River steamboat, _Clermont_, built in 1807. Based … machinery more suitable to the western rivers. While partners White and Lane were … schedule on the Mississippi and Ohio rivers, unlike its predecessors. By 1825, …

• Camp Good Luck

  … provided milk. Highlights included killing a big rattlesnake upon arrival, fishing and swimming in the nearby "Tygart Valley River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/805, playing games, telling stories and singing around the campfire, and …

• Camp Piatt

  … in Belle, at Malones Landing about 15 miles south of Charleston. The camp was strategically situated on the "Kanawha River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1123, where it served as a major hub for the steamboats which carried soldiers as …

• Camp Woodbine

  Camp Woodbine, known today as Camp Richwood because of its location along the south side of the "Cranberry River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1672 five miles north of Richwood, was occupied by "Civilian Conservation Corps": …

• George Washington

  … .org/articles/2344, on the "Ohio River":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1740, "Kanawha River":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1123, … lands. To open the "Potomac River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/ …

• Ironmaking

  … .wvencyclopedia.org/articles/386 near the Shenandoah River. Bloomeries such as his served an … the Keep Tryst Furnace, along the Potomac River in present Jefferson County in 1763. … .org/articles/830 on the Cheat River in "Monongalia County":http:// …