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• Natural Gas and Petroleum

  … the Kanawha and the Little Kanawha river valleys in the 18th century, … /articles/1479 along the Kanawha River, and the Lemon and Creel … and gas along the Hughes River, a tributary of the Little … present Freeport, along the Hughes River in Wirt County by George …

• Natural History

  … fished and hunted the "Blackwater River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles … other aquatic species as free-flowing rivers became stagnant pools. Contemporary threats … to its many headwater streams and rivers and the prized hardwood forests …

• Cornstalk

  … the trans-Allegheny frontier to English encroachments upon their territory. Western tribes residing north and west of the Ohio River would form military confederations under different leaders at different times from the 1760s through the conclusion of the …

• Natural Resources

  … wolf, mountain lion, and furbearers (beaver, river otter, and fisher). Indians also trapped … Coal, Guyandotte, Tug, and Big Sandy rivers. "Coal":http://www. … resources. The Ohio, Kanawha, and Monongahela rivers were transformed from free-flowing …

• Division of Natural Resources

  … wildlife management and recreation areas; and holds title to public lands in the state and to the beds of rivers, creeks, and streams. The Division of Natural Resources has six major sections: administration; law enforcement; parks and recreation; …

• Nature Conservancy

  … ":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1944, the "New River Gorge National Park and Preserve":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1641, the "Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/ …

• Needham and Arthur Expedition

  … , Tennessee, South Carolina and North Carolina, as well as Virginia including present West Virginia. Arthur visited the Big Sandy River in present Lawrence County, Kentucky, or Wayne County, West Virginia, and is believed to have been the first white …

• McCoy’s Mill

  … just before the creek empties into the "South Branch":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/514 of the "Potomac River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1904. The first mill on this site was built about the time of the French …

• Counties

  … that became the new county having favored the Union to a greater extent than did the residents of the eastern river valleys who remained Hampshire Countians. "Mingo":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1831, the youngest West Virginia …

• Country Doctors

  … , born near Philadelphia in 1769. He and his family moved to a small community six miles above Point Pleasant on the Ohio River in 1797. A few years before coming to present West Virginia, Bennet, at age 25 and under emergency conditions, had performed a …

• New Cumberland

  New Cumberland, on the "Ohio River":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1740 north of Weirton, is the county seat of "Hancock County":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/213, West Virginia’s northernmost county. The town was laid …

• Frank Duff McEnteer

  … short to medium span bridges, in its later years several large bridges were built, including the Alderson bridge across the Greenbrier River in 1915. On the eve of the "Great Depression":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2155, in 1928–29, …

• New River State School

  See "WVU Institute of Technology":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1374.

• New York Central

  … east bank of the Kanawha River through Nitro into "Charleston& … from Charleston up the Elk River to Blue Creek and then … 2016, the newly formed Kanawha River Railroad leased the former K … immediately north of the Kanawha River to the mills and factories …

• Kermit McKeever

  … began his career in 1942 as superintendent of "Lost River State Park":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1457. … quot;:http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/521 and "Holly River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/454 state parks, …

• Bill McKell

  … high quality ‘‘smokeless’’ coal in the New River Coalfield. Young Bill, after graduating from Yale, … other coal operations, such as the New River Company, and the organizing efforts of … . His holdings were sold to the New River Company of Mount Hope.

• McKendree Hospital

  … org/articles/1143 in 1873 opened the New River Gorge in West Virginia to the coal … on the east side of the deep New River Gorge, Miners Hospital No. 2 became known … . The hospital that had served the New River communities so faithfully was abandoned a decade …

• Louise McNeill

  … of the decline of wilderness along the Cranberry and Williams rivers. His book, _The Last Forest_, contained rich anecdotal and … folkways. Although reminiscent of Edgar Lee Masters’s _Spoon River Anthology_, her portrayals show a greater depth and poignancy …

• Covered Bridges

  … and Fish Creek, Wetzel County. The Mud River Covered Bridge at Milton, Cabell County, … supervised the major crossings of the Gauley and Greenbrier rivers along the James River … of some wooden tension members. The Mud River covered bridge is the last remaining …

• John Camillus McWhorter

  … . The 1927 novel helped to popularize the legend of Buckongehanon (or Buckongahelas) as the Indian namesake of the "Buckhannon River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/686 and the town of "Buckhannon":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/ …

• Nicholas County

  … Confederate forces across the "Gauley River":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/ … each fall turns the lower Gauley River into rushing whitewater, creating a … .org/articles/2443 along the Cherry River devastated Richwood and other locations in …

• Cranberry Glades

  … the west, and Black Mountain to the north. "Cranberry River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1672 passes through the … it passes over erosion-resistant sandstone, which has not allowed the river to cut a deep channel, thus slowing the rate …

• The Night of the Hunter

  … and silent film star Lillian Gish. Most of the movie was shot on set in California, with locations filmed on the Ohio River in the Northern Panhandle. Mitchum gives what is often considered his best performance as the preacher. The film was included in the …

• Nitro

  … wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1351 to manufacture munitions. DuPont Company, the premier explosives producer, had selected the "Kanawha River":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1123 site near Charleston but did not build the plant. Because of …

• Michael Cresap

  … trader, was the first settler at that site along the Potomac River, across from present Hampshire County. Cresap was married to Mary … of authority in the area south and west of the Monongahela River. This action established him as a leader in the region. …