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• Norfolk & Western Railway

  … amp;W constructed the 75-mile New River Extension northwest from Radford, Virginia, to … westward from Bluefield toward the Ohio River had to wait until the completion … Coal Grove, Ohio, located across the river from Kenova. Rapid expansion across southern …

• George Crumb

  … music at the University of Pennsylvania. In 1968, Crumb was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for _Echoes of Time and the River: Four Processionals for Orchestra_, commissioned by the University of Chicago for its 75th anniversary and premiered by the Chicago …

• North Bend State Park

  … in "Ritchie County":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/85. Bonds Creek and the north branch of the "Hughes River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/715 pass through the 2,459-acre park, which has miniature golf, picnic areas, …

• The Cultural Landscape

  … is used in West Virginia, and it creates irregularly shaped land parcels because it relies on natural landmarks such as rivers or ridge tops. Cultural landscapes mirror the prevailing culture. What we see in the landscape is an unconscious reflection …

• Dan Cunningham

  … seat as their prisoner. When Judge B. F. Keller issued sweeping injunctions against union organizing efforts in the New River coalfields in 1902, Cunningham was responsible for serving warrants and arresting violators. In performing his duties, he was …

• Northwestern Virginia Turnpike

  … rivals in a race to the Ohio River. Winchester and Staunton both pressured the … From Aurora, the turnpike crossed the Cheat River, then passed through Rowlesburg, Grafton, Pruntytown … to Clarksburg on the West Fork River. Crozet’s successor, Charles B. …

• Lawrence William Nuttall

  … near Philipsburg, Pennsylvania. In 1878, after attending the Perryville (Pennsylvania) Academy, he moved to Nuttallburg in the New River Gorge in "Fayette County":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2245 to join his father, the pioneer coal …

• Nuttallburg

  Nuttallburg, a once-thriving New River Gorge coal town, was located … mouth of Short Creek on the river’s north side. Founder John … He bought coal lands on New River beginning in 1870 for $2 … was completed through the New River Gorge in 1873. Nuttallburg’s …

• Oak Hill

  Oak Hill is located on the plateau south of New River in "Fayette County":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/ … part to the opening in 1977 of the nearby "New River Gorge Bridge":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1639, completing …

• Julia Davis

  … historical and biographical writings, and drama—more than two dozen books in all, including the Shenandoah volume for the landmark Rivers of America series. Two later marriages, to Paul West and Charles P. Healy, brought stepchildren and other children …

• Molly O’Day and Lynn Davis

  … gave up show business to serve the Lord. They returned to Huntington just before their conversion, and were baptized in the Ohio River. Molly sang only in churches and Lynn became a minister. During the 1960s, they recorded albums for two record labels. In …

• William M.O. Dawson

  … Virginia, William Mercer Owens Dawson (May 21, 1853-March 12, 1916) was born in Bloomington, Maryland, just across the Potomac River from what is now the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia. Dawson was the son of Francis Ravenscraft Dawson and Leah (Knight …

• Old Stone Presbyterian Church

  … 22 inches thick. Church history says the women worked with the men of the congregation, riding horseback to the Greenbrier River to fetch bags of sand for the mortar. Rev. Benjamin Grigsby dedicated the structure, originally named Lewisburg Presbyterian …

• Medicine

  … set up a practice near Point Pleasant on the Ohio River in the 1790s. Other doctors followed, establishing practices near navigable waterways such as the Kanawha, Ohio, and Monongahela rivers. The advent of railways and better roads contributed to …

• Mennonites

  … services, it still stands and is known as the Roaring Mennonite Church. About 1890, a meeting house was built near Lost River in Hardy County. In the late 1800s and early 1900s, additional congregations were established in the areas covered by the circuit …

• Mercer County

  … ;:https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1989 rivers, Mercer County has the highest mean … the towering edifice of "East River Mountain":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org … of the county along the New River. Reconstruction brought turmoil to Mercer …

• Orchards

  … 1774–1845) and his brother floated down the "Ohio River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1740 to what is … some growers are growing so-called ‘‘heritage’’ apples, including Wolf River, Black Limbertwig, Walker’s Pippin, Virginia Beauty, and …

• Louis Michel

  … map of the region. His map clearly shows the forks of the river at Harpers Ferry, where the Shenandoah River enters the Potomac. It depicts the Shenandoah upstream from Harpers Ferry with considerable accuracy, but …

• Middlebourne

  … 2010. Many residents work in the "chemical":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1124 and manufacturing plants along the Ohio River. Robert Gorrell came to the area in 1798. He purchased all the land that is now Middlebourne and built a …

• Midland Trail

  … private Virginia company upgraded the route into the "James River & Kanawha Turnpike":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/ … had been completed from the Chesapeake Bay to the Ohio River. The Midland Trail carried only local traffic during the …

• Outbuildings

  … foundation, dug into the earth, often a hillside. Large blocks of ice were cut in winter from nearby ponds, lakes, and rivers and stored in the icehouse, packed with sawdust to insulate against summer heat. Corn cribs are important structures on any …

• Paden City

  … a glass-making town. It is situated on the "Ohio River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1740 on State Route 2 … was incorporated in 1916. Because of its location on the Ohio River and the "Baltimore & Ohio Railroad":http://www. …

• Milton

  … basin of the "Mud River":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org … relation to the "James River & Kanawha Turnpike":http … the early 1830s. The Mud River "covered bridge":https … .org/articles/1437 the Mud River to the "sawmill" …

• Painted Trees

  … .org/articles/1121 for many miles and empties into the Kanawha River at Pratt. Olafson discovered, through examining local land surveys and … for Indian encampment and is at the point where the Coal River path, a more direct but also a more difficult route …

• Mineral County

  … verdant low valleys to the towering backbone of the Allegheny Front, 3,000 feet above the "North Branch of the Potomac River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1691, Mineral County lies a stone’s throw from Maryland and just a three-hour …