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• Water

  … from surface water sources, which include streams, rivers, lakes, and ponds. In many rural … of water typically locate along major rivers where water is abundant, but sometimes … the quality of the state’s rivers, streams, lakes, wetlands, and groundwater. …

• Waterpower

  … endowed West Virginia with abundant waterpower. Rivers and creeks flowing down relatively … of electricity on several West Virginia rivers. These streams eventually included the … , Gauley, Potomac, Shenandoah, and New rivers. The state’s oldest hydroelectric …

• Iroquois

  … land between the ‘‘back mountains of Virginia’’ and the Ohio River at the "Treaty of Lancaster":http://www. … ://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/196, beginning in the Greenbrier, New River, and Monongahela watersheds. This in turn set in motion 50 …

• Watoga Land Association

  … only. The separatist association was named for the community of Watoga, formerly a sawmill town, located on the Greenbrier River in southern "Pocahontas County":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1876 in West Virginia. There was a national …

• Watoga State Park

  … in the 1920s. The park is located in southern "Pocahontas County":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1876 on the Greenbrier River. It was named for Watoga, a nearby town. An initial 4,546 acres of former lumber company land was purchased …

• James O. Watson

  … , the partners started the Montana mine, a great success which led to the opening of additional mines along the West Fork River. In 1901, the Watson mines were combined in a single corporation, the Fairmont Coal Company, the predecessor of industry giant & …

• Italians

  … said for the substantial groups of Italians who labored in the mines and mills of Wheeling, Weirton, and other Ohio River valley industrial centers. While many Italian immigrants eventually left West Virginia, many others stayed and made a long lasting …

• Itmann Company Store

  … in 1916 and began mining the "Pocahontas No. 3 seam":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1880 along the Guyandotte River in Wyoming County in 1917. Served by the "Virginian Railroad":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/876, the …

• Jackson Family

  … David E. Jackson (1788–1837), after whom Wyoming’s Jackson River and Jackson Hole were named, was a prominent explorer … engaged in a profitable fur trade along the upper Missouri River. The Jackson family produced an unusual number of state legislators …

• Wayne County

  … history of the Big Sandy Valley. "River transportation":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/ … played a key role. Steamboats plied the river on their way to headwaters towns as … between the Ohio and the Big Sandy rivers, is the westernmost town in West …

• The Weather

  … years, snow cover lingered for weeks, rivers froze over, heating costs skyrocketed, … direct contributor to that increase in river flooding. Flood control efforts, including … September 2004. In sharp contrast to river flooding is the localized cloudburst …

• The Capitol

  … .org/articles/1090 on the Kanawha City side of the Kanawha River. The commission selected the site in the city’s east end, … mooring the state’s capitol on the banks of the Kanawha River. _Read the National Register <a href="https://catalog. …

• Stonewall Jackson

  … of his left arm led to pneumonia. On May 10, 1863, Stonewall Jackson died after uttering the words: ‘‘Let us cross over the river and rest under the shade of the trees.’’ He is buried in the Stonewall Jackson Cemetery in Lexington, Virginia.

• Webster County

  … ":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1422 rivers. The county seat is "Webster Springs … -Gauley on a tributary of the Gauley River now known as Strouds Creek. Three … . In the 1920s along the Gauley River, the county established "Camp Caesar& …

• Jackson’s Mill

  … that time, which consisted of 1,500 acres, was owned by Jackson’s bachelor uncle, Cummins Jackson, who farmed the West Fork River bottoms with the assistance of several slaves. Thomas lived there until 1842, when he left to enter the U.S. Military Academy …

• Webster Springs

  … /949. The town lies in a valley at the end of Point Mountain, at the confluence of the Back Fork and "Elk River":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2185 and at the junction of State Routes 15 and 20. The saline springs, long used as a …

• Webster Sycamore

  A magnificent sycamore that stood along the banks of the Back Fork of Elk River in "Webster County":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/949 about five miles from the town of Webster Springs was once considered West Virginia's biggest tree. …

• Captain Bull

  … the ever-advancing pioneer population and Indians of the Ohio River watershed, each side exacting retribution for past atrocities. The … suggests that he resettled somewhere in Missouri along the Mississippi River, where he may have died a peaceful death in …

• The Cardinal

  … Virginia. From the east, the train enters the state near White Sulphur Springs, proceeds to Hinton, passes through the New River Gorge towns of Prince and Thurmond, and continues to Montgomery, Charleston, and Huntington. Because of its relatively low …

• Battle of Carnifex Ferry

  … Floyd":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2210 crossed the Gauley River and defeated a small Union force at "Keslers … an encampment along the steep western cliffs of the Gauley River at Carnifex Ferry. Union Gen. "William Rosecrans" …

• Carnifex Ferry Battlefield State Park

  Located opposite the mouth of "Meadow River":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1747, 12 miles south … picnic shelters, hiking trails, three overlooks of the "Gauley River":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2096, softball field, …

• Carpenter Family

  … the first settlers on the upper waters of the "Elk River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2185. With a few … line). They established homes there. Legend holds that the Elk River was named for an elk killed by Jeremiah Carpenter. The …

• French Carpenter

  … French Carpenter died several years before the old-time fiddling revival was in full swing. He was the nephew of Elk River outdoorsman "‘‘Squirrelly Bill’’ Carpenter":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/984 and a first cousin, once-removed of …

• Wellsburg

  … .org/articles/661. It is situated in the "Northern Panhandle":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1700 on the "Ohio River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1740. The town is 16 miles north of Wheeling and 40 miles west of …

• Squirrelly Bill Carpenter

  Outdoorsman William ‘‘Squirrelly Bill’’ Carpenter (April 17, 1827-February 21, 1921) was born on the "Elk River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2185 near the mouth of Laurel Creek on a homestead later lost in the building of "Sutton …