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• Jazz

  … Marvel big band played swing style music throughout the Eastern Panhandle for a number of years in the 1980s and ’90s. New River Jazz is a group of volunteer musicians from Raleigh, Fayette, and Nicholas counties that plays swing music. The Manhattan Jazz …

• Jefferson County

  … county of West Virginia, bounded by the "Potomac River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1904 and Maryland on … the development of an "iron industry along the Shenandoah River":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/386 as early as …

• Cass

  … /articles/728 town of Cass, located on the "Greenbrier River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/33 in east-central … Pulp & Paper purchased land along the "Greenbrier River":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/33 at the mouth …

• Jefferson National Forest

  … County":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2024 (about 2.64 percent of its total area) and is part of the New River Valley and New Castle Ranger Districts, accessible by State Routes 15, 17, and 20. Oak-pine forests cover the mountainous West …

• Jefferson Rock

  … Ferry, just above St. Peter’s Church. From it may be seen a prime view of the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers in the gap between the Maryland and Virginia heights. The rock was named for Thomas Jefferson, who wrote in his 1785 book, …

• Castle Rock

  … over 130 feet in height, carved from Pineville Sandstone of the New River Series by the "Guyandotte River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/98, which flows by the rock’s base, and Rockcastle Creek. …

• Jenkins Raid

  … captured the federal paymaster, relieving him of $5,525. On September 4, Jenkins and his men crossed the "Ohio River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1740 and became the first to raise the Confederate flag on Ohio soil. The following …

• Jennings Randolph Lake and Dam

  … Lake and Dam is located on the "North Branch":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1691 of the Potomac River, five miles north of Elk Garden, Mineral County. Originally named Bloomington Lake for nearby Bloomington, Maryland, the project was …

• Jews

  … traditional ‘‘old country’’ occupations as peddlers and merchants. Jewish immigrants settled on the (West) Virginia side of the Ohio River as early as the 1770s. The first Jewish community in Western Virginia formed in "Wheeling":http://www. …

• Job’s Temple

  Job’s Temple, a church nestled on a hillside near the confluence of Job’s Run and the Little Kanawha River in "Gilmer County":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2110, had its origins in the differences leading up to the Civil War. The church …

• Caudy’s Castle

  … County":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/152. Towering 400 feet above the forested valley and the "Cacapon River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/806, the fine white "Oriskany Sandstone":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org …

• West Virginia Baptist State Convention

  … .D.W. Meadows, and Byrd Prillerman. The convention’s district associations now are Flat Top, Guyan Valley, Mt. Zion, New River, Tug River, Tygart Valley, and Winding Gulf, as well as Mt. Olivet. There are about 150 individual churches. At the beginning …

• West Virginia Central & Pittsburg Railway

  … the North Branch of the "Potomac River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/ … the waters of the "Blackwater River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/ … at the forks of "Cheat River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/ …

• Celoron de Blainville

  … (1693–1759) down the Allegheny and Ohio rivers to strengthen France’s position. In August … the junction of Wheeling Creek and the Ohio River, claiming all territory drained by the streams … Ohio to the mouth of the Kanawha River at the present site of " …

• The Centennial

  … . The _Rhododendron_ had a 264-seat theater and a river museum. Many events marked the celebration, including a special … wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1127 Mountaineers had traveled up the Monongahela River by steamboat to play the first football game with …

• Ceredo

  … between the mouths of Twelvepole Creek and the "Big Sandy River":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/484. "Abolitionists& … The new town, on the banks of the "Ohio River":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1740, was poised …

• West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey

  … /1237, served from 1897 to 1927. During his tenure the survey mapped the state’s topography, set up gauges on the principal rivers, charted the soils of 48 counties, and published maps and books about West Virginia geology. In 1934, Paul H. Price was …

• Mother Jones

  … wore boots on her feet. After a year in the New River coalfield, Jones was sent to the Fairmont field. Two weeks … wvencyclopedia.org/articles/941 injunction. When freed, she returned to New River, where the strike continued until the bloody "Battle of …

• Champe Rocks

  … side of the North Fork of the South Branch of the Potomac River, six miles north of Seneca Rocks on State Route 28-55 in & … stand some 900 feet above the valley floor and overlook the narrow river plain near the site where John Champe, a Revolutionary War …

• Jones-Imboden Raid

  … of Virginia, and exploding an iron railroad bridge across the Monongahela River. Jones linked up with Imboden at Buckhannon, skirmishing along the … , sending a sheet of flame floating down the Little Kanawha River. In his report to Gen. Robert E. Lee, Jones …

• West Virginia National Guard

  … called to duty. The most prolonged service took place in 1902, when a national coal strike brought miners out in the New River Gorge, and in 1912–13 when miners struck for union recognition on "Paint and Cabin creeks":http://www.wvencyclopedia. …

• Judy Gap

  … ;South Branch":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/514 of the Potomac for miles, forming an alignment of low ridges called the River Knobs, through which many water gaps, such as Judy Gap, have been eroded. Judy Run passes through the gap on its …

• CAMC (Vandalia Health)

  … Memorial Hospital":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1140. In 1982, Kanawha Valley Memorial moved to a new complex across Elk River. The hospital was sold to CAMC in 1986 and became CAMC Women and Children’s Hospital in 1988. In 1907, Dr. …

• West Virginia State Rail Authority

  … They are used as recreational trails, including the "Greenbrier River Trail":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/34, running … from North Caldwell to Cass and Durbin; the North Bend River Trail, running 72 miles from Parkersburg to Wilsonburg and …

• Charleston Gazette-Mail

  … events, including the annual "North-South football game":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1696, soap box derby, Kanawha River boat races, and the city tennis tournament. In June 1950, the _Gazette_ led a two-day community effort to build …