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• William Alexander MacCorkle

  … , also named William, had been a manager of the James River & Kanawha Canal. Both parents were of "Scotch-Irish& … . He lived in the South Hills section, overlooking the Kanawha River and midtown Charleston. His handsome mansion, later a museum, was …

• Madison

  … located on the headwaters of "Coal River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1365 … come together to form the Little Coal River. State Routes 85 and 17 converge … operator for whom Peytona on Big Coal River was named. Madison was incorporated in …

• Justus Collins

  … both the Collins and Whipple mines were sold to the New River Company, and Collins organized Superior Pocahontas Coal. He opened … ; his earlier mines were located in the neighboring New River and Pocahontas fields. In 1929, Collins consolidated his mining …

• Mammals

  … , has spread eastward across the Ohio River into the state. Several native species … two native species, the fisher and the river otter, were exterminated and subsequently … exterminated by the 1930s. Transplants of river otters from southern states into the …

• Medal of Honor

  … Virginia Cavalry, which included many recruits from Ohio and Pennsylvania. Benjamin C. Criswell earned his medal at the Little Big Horn River, Montana, with Custer’s 7th Cavalry in 1876. John Henry Quick received his for heroism at the Battle of Cuzco, …

• Marion County

  … an area of 311.6 square miles. The "Monongahela River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2018 is born … https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1002 and "Tygart Valley River":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/805 at Fairmont. …

• Marlin and Sewell

  … actual settlers, and soon afterward Sewell was among a group of 18 who received a large land grant north of the Greenbrier River. He and Marlin permanently parted ways some time after the Lewises came upon them at Knapps Creek. Sewell later built a cabin …

• Marlinton

  … It is located on the "Greenbrier River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/33 … org/articles/1660 was built across the river in 1854. The name was changed … its "line up the Greenbrier River":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/ …

• Conservation Movement

  … timber cutting, setting back natural forest regeneration and exposing soils to erosion. With the headwaters of the "Monongahela River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2018 denuded of vegetation and no longer able to regulate the flow of …

• Marshall County

  … County to the south, Pennsylvania to the east, and the Ohio River to the west. The county seat is "Moundsville": … to be published until shutting down in 2024. The "Ohio River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1740 was the chief …

• John Marshall

  … route across Western Virginia between the James River and the Ohio. The Marshall group traveled down the "New River Gorge":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/ … became the route of the "James River & Kanawha Turnpike":http://www. …

• Paul Marshall

  … D. Marshall & Associates. Marshall published studies of historic buildings and sites, including the 1980 New River Gorge National River cultural resources study. In Charleston, Marshall’s projects include the Glenwood and Breezemont mansions, First …

• Marshall’s Pillars

  The prominent cliffs capping the New River Gorge near Ansted, now known … the lip of the New River Gorge for many miles upriver … Lake and along the Meadow River canyon are also formed from … .wvencyclopedia.org/articles/332, overlooking a small lake on New River …

• Marshes

  … state, with large marsh areas in "Canaan Valley":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/908 and along the Meadow River in Greenbrier County. Other marshes occur at Green Bottom Swamp in Cabell County, Short Mountain Wetlands in Hampshire County, …

• Mussels

  … in Fayette County. The "Monongahela River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/ … .wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1123, and Monongahela rivers in West Virginia. Zebra mussels can … say zebra mussels in the Ohio River basin are smaller and easier …

• National Conservation Training Center

  … campus, about 75 miles northwest of Washington, is set on 538 acres amid hardwood forests and meadows on the "Potomac River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1904. The center, which cost $143 million, includes more than 20 classrooms that …

• Mason County

  … the distinguished family. The "Ohio River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/ … of Mason County, and the "Kanawha River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/ … the Mountaineer plant at New Haven. River commerce has been important throughout the …

• Mason-Dixon Line

  … Pennsylvania. Later, they extended this boundary due north from that corner to a stake on the north side of the "Ohio River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1740, just west of the mouth of Little Beaver Creek. In 1786, this stake provided …

• National Historic Landmarks

  … http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1318 site, overlooking the Ohio River in Cabell County. There, archeologists have uncovered evidence of … the world and the first bridge across the Ohio River, and "West Virginia Independence Hall":http://www …

• Contentment

  … at many antebellum springs resorts. The resemblance is not coincidental. Built about 1830, the house stood close to the "James River & Kanawha Turnpike":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/978 (now U.S. 60), which also passed by " …

• National Park Service in West Virginia

  … designations as national seashore and national river. West Virginia has six National … Harpers Ferry. "Bluestone National Scenic River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/ … 10). It is a rugged whitewater river flowing northward through deep canyons. …

• National Road

  … the westward-flowing waters of the Ohio River. Congress authorized construction of the National … to its western terminus on the Ohio River. Wheeling’s strategic position at the … , and carries traffic over the Ohio River. Although modern Interstate 68 has …

• May Moore Mound

  … "Adena":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/21 mound located on private property in Mason County, on the Ohio River south of Point Pleasant. The mound is mentioned in the _Report on the Mound Explorations of the Bureau of Ethnology_ by Cyrus …

• Coopers Rock State Forest

  … Rock, a series of cliffs capping the mountain above Cheat River Gorge. These landmark cliffs are formed of hard sandstone of … recreational facilities. One of the earliest enterprises along the Cheat River was the smelting and forging of iron, which was …

• Core Arboretum

  … arboretum also contains exotic trees and shrubs of special interest. The arboretum is mostly steep hillside and "Monongahela River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2018 floodplain. A 3.5-mile trail network provides access to old-growth …