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• Libraries

  … nationwide. The "Carnegie libraries":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/970 were at Huntington (1903), Parkersburg (1905), and Hinton (1924). In 1915, the legislature passed a bill ‘‘to empower cities and towns to levy taxes for the purpose …

• Lilly Family

  … .org/articles/623, establishing the village of Lilly at the juncture of the Little Bluestone and Bluestone rivers, south of present Hinton. The village existed from the late 1700s until 1946, when it was razed due to the construction of the Bluestone Dam. …

• National Park Service in West Virginia

  … Act of 1978 (November 10). It is a rugged whitewater river flowing northward through deep canyons. The 53-mile section from Hinton to Fayetteville is abundant in natural, scenic, historic, and recreational features. In December 2020, it was renamed New …

• Division of Natural Resources

  … and prescribing his duties. "Governor MacCorkle":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1469 appointed Capt. Emery F. Smith of Hinton as the first state game and fish warden. The 1909 legislature changed the title to chief forest, game, and …

• Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

  … in and near the Tyler County town of Friendly; the beagle Shiloh is named for a nearby community. _Send No Blessings_ is set in Hinton; _Josie’s Troubles_ is set in Webster Springs; _Boys Start the War_ (West Virginia Children’s Book Award, 1996) is the …

• New River

  … dam, just above the railroad town of Hinton, was built primarily for flood control and … here and there, to permit canoeing from Hinton to Thurmond with a portage around Sandstone … conserves and protects 53 miles of the New River from Hinton to Ames.

• New River Gorge National Park and Preserve

  … opportunities along the national river: Canyon Rim, Sandstone, Grandview, and Thurmond. The park boundary starts in "Hinton":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/378 and runs 53 miles downriver to the New River Gorge Bridge. The "New …

• James H. Miller

  … a few years in Summers County and then studied law in Hinton and at the University of Virginia. Miller served as superintendent … monumental work covering the history, geography, and genealogy of southern West Virginia. Judge Miller died in Hinton.

• Christopher H. Payne

  … (September 7, 1848-December 5, 1925) was born in "Monroe County":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2024. Raised near Hinton, Payne worked as a farmhand. Although born free, he was compelled to serve as a body servant in the Confederate Army …

• Pence Springs

  … of a mineral spring and community, is located in "Summers County":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/623, 12 miles east of Hinton on State Route 3. The spring’s sulfurous water is noted for a distinctive ‘‘rotten egg’’ taste arising from the …

• Pipestem Resort State Park

  Pipestem Resort State Park is located on the Summers-Mercer county border on State Route 20 south of Hinton. The park, which is mostly in "Summers County":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/623, was named for the native pipestem plant whose …

• Railroads

  … and fewer service stops. Shops were consolidated and closed and employment in these areas dropped. Railroad towns such as Grafton and Hinton suffered a loss of jobs. In the 1960s, suffering from the competition of airlines, highways, and trucks, and …

• Giles, Fayette & Kanawha Turnpike

  … in 1848. Starting at Pearisburg, in Giles County, Virginia, it ran through Red Sulphur Springs, Pack’s Ferry (near present Hinton), Raleigh Court House (present Beckley), and Fayetteville. Then it crossed Cotton Hill and New River, joining the James River …

• Great Bend Tunnel

  … org/articles/361 defeated the steam drill, becoming one of the world’s great folk heroes. It is located 10 miles east of Hinton on the historic main line of the "Chesapeake & Ohio Railway":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1143, now CSX. …

• Flood Control

  … and other purposes and finished in 1938. "Bluestone Dam":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/575, on the New River above Hinton, was built by the "U.S. Army Corps of Engineers":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/843 in the 1940s. …

• Barger Springs

  … Barger did little to develop the site commercially. In 1903, the property was purchased by a company of 30 investors from nearby Hinton who divided the land into 30 lots for the building of vacation cottages, erected a new pavilion over the spring, and …

• ‘‘The Wreck on the C&O’’

  … 134, wrecked due to a rock slide three miles east of Hinton on the "Chesapeake & Ohio Railway":http://www. … to an unnamed African-American engine wiper who worked in the Hinton roundhouse, although there is no direct evidence of the song prior …

• Summers County Bobcats

  … Beckley by 59-37. When the school was still known as Hinton High School, the Lady Bobcats won Class AA championships in 1988 and 1992. After the county opened a new school in "Hinton":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/378 in 1994 and …

• Butch Miles

  … of the country’s most dynamic drummers. Miles's mother lived in Hinton, but he was born in Ironton, Ohio, on July 4, … she was visiting relatives. He spent his early years in "Hinton":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/378, but by school age, …

• Connie Smith

  … us are just pretending.” Smith was born Constance June Meador on August 14, 1941, in Elkhart, Indiana, and raised in "Hinton":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/378 and Forest Hill in Summers County. Smith was living in Ohio in 1963 when …

• Sylvia Mathews Burwell

  Sylvia Mary Mathews Burwell, born August 23, 1965, in "Hinton":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/378, was sworn in as … Mathews, Sylvia and her sister Stephanie grew up in Hinton. Sylvia attended Hinton High School, where she was student body …