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• Waterpower

  … was harnessed for the production of electricity on several West Virginia rivers. These streams eventually included the Ohio, Cheat, Kanawha, Gauley, Potomac, Shenandoah, and New rivers. The state’s oldest hydroelectric plant, at Glen Ferris on the Kanawha …

• Webster County

  … ;:https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2185, "Gauley":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/ … about 1769 near present Camden-on-Gauley on a tributary of the Gauley … /454. In the 1920s along the Gauley River, the county established "Camp …

• James River & Kanawha Canal

  … & Kanawha Company. A road, the James River & Kanawha Turnpike, was constructed from Covington to the falls of the Kanawha near Gauley Bridge and then on to the mouth of the Big Sandy River at the Ohio. Construction of the canal on the James River …

• Battle of Carnifex Ferry

  … Kanawha Valley and occupied the strategic "Gauley Bridge":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org … .wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2210 crossed the Gauley River and defeated a small Union … the steep western cliffs of the Gauley River at Carnifex Ferry. Union Gen …

• James River & Kanawha Turnpike

  … the James to the Great Falls of the Kanawha,’’ near present Gauley Bridge, as an overland connector in the company’s James River & … better grades at lower cost. Covered bridges over the Greenbrier and Gauley rivers opened in 1822, and by 1824 the road ran …

• Kanawha River

  … to the waterway from where it rises in the mountains of North Carolina until it reaches its confluence with the Gauley River at Gauley Bridge. From there on it becomes the Kanawha or Great Kanawha River and continues northwest on a meandering course of 97 …

• Weston

  … . The building of the "Staunton-Parkersburg":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/584 and the "Weston & Gauley Bridge":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1146 turnpikes spurred development, and "Irish":https://www. …

• Battle of Keslers Cross Lanes

  … John B. Floyd, some 2,100 strong, crossed the "Gauley River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2096 at … . Tyler and numbering approximately 850 men, advanced from near "Gauley Bridge":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2093 to …

• Whitewater Rafting

  … the gentle upper section. "The Gauley":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles … whitewater streams. The section of upper Gauley beginning just below "Summersville … dam release season, known as "Gauley Season." The Bluestone, New, …

• Widen

  … To extract lumber and coal, the "Buffalo Creek & Gauley Railroad":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/700 was built … namesake, directed the building of the Buffalo Creek & Gauley. Bradley soon became president of the Elk River Coal …

• Williams River

  … its source it flows 33 miles to Cowen, where it enters the Gauley River. The Williams River watershed takes in about 132 square miles of … in the flood tides of spring to a mill at Camden-on-Gauley. Most of the timber in the Williams watershed was taken out …

• Clay County

  … time Clay County was served by the "Buffalo Creek & Gauley Railroad":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/700, which connected … , follows the Elk River to Charleston; State Route 16 from Gauley Bridge to Big Otter; and State Route 36, which …

• Lakes

  … has been used in the generation of hydroelectricity for more than a century, creating a picturesque lake just downstream from Gauley Bridge. A dam on New River diverts water through "Hawks Nest Tunnel":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/338 …

• Joseph A. J. Lightburn

  … ordered to Charleston, and was subsequently placed in command of U.S. forces in the Kanawha Valley, with headquarters at Gauley Bridge. In September 1862, Confederate forces won temporary control of the Kanawha Valley and Lightburn’s army was forced out. …

• Locks and Dams

  … the Kanawha flows 97 miles in a northwesterly direction from Gauley Bridge past the state capitol at Charleston to join … River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/33, and "Gauley River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2096.

• Loring Raid

  … of the "Civil War":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1193, federal forces had occupied the strategic Kanawha Valley from Gauley Bridge at the headwaters of the Great Kanawha River to Point Pleasant where the Kanawha flowed into the Ohio. So …

• National Park Service in West Virginia

  … . It was authorized on October 26, 1988. "Gauley River National Recreation Area":http://www. … as the Bluestone, includes 25 miles of the Gauley River and six miles of the Meadow River. The Gauley River contains several Class V rapids, making it …

• New River

  … and into West Virginia. There it joins with the "Gauley River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2096 to form … ;Kanawha River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1123 at Gauley Bridge. At the West Virginia border the tail waters of …

• New York Central

  … line was used by the Virginian to Gauley Bridge and passed through Cedar Grove, Cannelton, and Smithers. A branch ran beyond Gauley Bridge and terminated at Swiss, Nicholas … K&M purchased the Charleston & Gauley Railway and extended its lines east …

• Covered Bridges

  … .wvencyclopedia.org/articles/584, including the ones at Philippi and Barrackville. Moore supervised the major crossings of the Gauley and Greenbrier rivers along the James River & Kanawha Turnpike. The craftsmanship displayed in the construction of …

• Nicholas County

  … 1859. This north-south thoroughfare, connecting Gauley Bridge and Weston via Summersville, … his Confederate forces across the "Gauley River":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org … each fall turns the lower Gauley River into rushing whitewater, creating …

• Cranberry River

  … the mountains for another 25 miles to join the "Gauley River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2096 at an … . The Cranberry River and surrounding landscape lie within the Gauley Ranger District of the "Monongahela National Forest": …

• Ohio River

  … Ohio River watershed. The principal tributaries in West Virginia are the Little Kanawha, the Kanawha and its tributaries (including the Elk, Gauley, Greenbrier, and New rivers), the Guyandotte, and the Big Sandy River and the Tug Fork of Big Sandy. The …

• Meadow River

  … River is a major tributary of "Gauley River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/ … in a northwestward direction to join the Gauley just downstream from Summersville Lake and … much of which is located within the Gauley River National Recreation Area, is a …

• James H. Miller

  … Court of the Ninth West Virginia Circuit and served in that office until 1920. In 1882, Miller married Jane Tompkins Miller of Gauley Bridge. His _History of Summers County_, published in 1908, was a monumental work covering the history, geography, and …