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• Formation of West Virginia

  … of the state. A parallel invasion in the Kanawha Valley shortly followed. The swift Union conquest … . It provided for a new state called ‘‘Kanawha’’ consisting of 39 counties extending from the Kanawha Valley north and east to Randolph, Tucker and Preston …

• Fort Ancient Culture

  … of the tributaries of the Ohio and Kanawha rivers. Archeologists now believe that Fort Ancient … .org/articles/1429 and Shadle Farm on the Kanawha River, at Island Creek and Barker’s … .org/articles/693, and Southside on the Kanawha River and at Logan on the …

• Fort Boreman

  … was a Civil War fort. Originally called Fort Logan, the Union garrison overlooked the confluence of the Ohio and Little Kanawha rivers at "Parkersburg":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1811. When West Virginia became a state, June 20, …

• Fort Randolph

  … 2074, was located on the north bank of the "Kanawha River":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1123 at its … . Unable to take Fort Randolph, they proceeded up the Kanawha River toward the Greenbrier settlements. Two militia volunteers disguised …

• Fort Stanwix Treaties

  … . By this treaty, the Iroquois surrendered title to vast territories, including the part of Western Virginia between the Little Kanawha and Ohio rivers, but excluding the present Northern Panhandle, for money and goods amounting to 10,460 pounds, seven …

• The Frontier

  … .org/articles/70, many other settlers came to the Ohio Valley. Walter Kelly, William Morris, and Thomas Bullitt came to live in the Kanawha Valley in the early 1770s. Isaac Williams, a Tomlinson in-law, cleared land across the Ohio from the mouth of the …

• Garnet High School

  … a class of 12 Black pupils in Kanawha County passed entrance examinations for high … remained in use until summer 2022, when Kanawha County Schools combined its programs with … Career Center. On June 16, 2022, the Kanawha County Board of Education sold the …

• Anna Johnson Gates

  … state legislator. A native of East Bank, Kanawha County, she was elected to the … getting a bill passed that provided the Kanawha County Board of Education the authority … the right to vote. She chaired the Kanawha County Women’s Democratic Executive Committee …

• Gauley Bridge

  … two streams join to form the "Kanawha River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/ … to carry the "James River & Kanawha Turnpike":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/ … . Because it commanded entry into the Kanawha Valley, the village that sprang up …

• Gauley River

  … County, where it combines with the New to form the Kanawha River at "Gauley Bridge":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/ … to reduce flooding along the heavily populated sections of the Kanawha and Ohio rivers downstream. Though its primary function is …

• Geography

  … Valley counties, and in the Little Kanawha river basin counties. Several counties, … are concentrated along the Ohio, Kanawha, and Monongahela rivers, although Martinsburg … manufacturing employment is located in Kanawha, Hancock, Wood, and Cabell counties. …

• Geology

  … fuels. Natural salt brines contributed to the early economic development of parts of the state, most notably the Charleston-Kanawha Valley area, whose chemical industry originated from exploitation of the area’s shallow salt brines, beginning in the early …

• Denise Giardina

  … .org/articles/1491 in neighboring "McDowell County":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1631 and later in "Kanawha County":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1103, where she graduated from high school. She is best known as a …

• Gilmer County

  … out there in 1845. The Little Kanawha provided transportation for people and commerce … a Union stockade, overlooked the Little Kanawha River atop College Hill in … navigable by modern standards, the Little Kanawha River remains important to Gilmer County …

• Ginseng

  … the lowest in 1987 at nearly 9,500 pounds. McDowell County, the southernmost West Virginia county, has averaged the greatest harvest with Wyoming, Logan, Mingo, Boone, Raleigh, Kanawha, Greenbrier, Fayette, and Randolph counties completing the top ten.

• Glaciation

  … After the lake drained as a result of later changes, the Teays River was diverted probably through stream piracy by the Kanawha River to Point Pleasant where it joined the recently created Ohio River. The Teays Valley, currently drained by Hurricane Creek …

• William Ellsworth Glasscock

  … the mine guard system, and the right to a checkweighman. Kanawha Valley coal companies refused to bargain. They armed their … was on Paint Creek in the area of the Fayette-Kanawha border. In September, Glasscock declared the strike district under martial …

• Glen Ferris Inn

  … stop on the "James River & Kanawha Turnpike":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/ … the landmark "falls of the Great Kanawha River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/ … began delivering travelers to the new Kanawha Hotel on the other side of the …

• Glenville

  Located on the "Little Kanawha River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/ … college. Before the 1930s, the Little Kanawha River’s commercial traffic dominated the … the main highway intersection. The Little Kanawha Valley Bank was incorporated in …

• Governor’s Mansion

  The West Virginia Governor’s Mansion, facing the Kanawha River near the southwest corner of the State Capitol Complex, was built in 1924–25, during the term of Governor "E. F. Morgan":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2046. Charleston …

• Grantsville

  … /809, is situated in a bend of the "Little Kanawha River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1422 at the … were constructed in and around Grantsville for use on the Little Kanawha River. The county’s only print newspaper, the _Calhoun …

• Gravely Tractor

  In 1911, Benjamin Franklin Gravely of "South Charleston":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/518 began tinkering with the design for a power-driven plow. Using a motorcycle engine and a push plow rigged to a single tractor wheel, Gravely …

• The Great Depression

  … Works Administration. These offered work to the unemployed and built needed facilities such as floodwalls in Huntington, the Kanawha Boulevard in Charleston, and airports, roads, bridges, schools, and health facilities throughout the state. Young people …

• Education

  … for the poor. Under this system schools arose in Kanawha, Ohio, Monroe, and Jefferson counties, the only counties in … As schools changed, public support varied. The 1974 "Kanawha County textbook controversy":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/ …

• Greenbrier County

  … of the period said that the "James River & Kanawha Turnpike":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/978, now … the Confederacy. Strategically located on the James River & Kanawha Turnpike, Greenbrier suffered as armies clashed in battle as …