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• Mineral Springs

  … /articles/2044, and "Pence Springs":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1829 in Summers County. Lee Sulphur Spring in Hardy County remains open to the public at "Lost River State Park":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1457.

• Minerals

  … and terrace deposits and along the Ohio River, formed as outwash deposits during melting … The material is dredged from the river channel or excavated from the adjacent … shallow wells where the "Kanawha River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles …

• Pardee & Curtin Lumber Company

  … purchased in 1901 and located on Elk River above "Sutton":http://www.wvencyclopedia … /articles/1670, near the mouth of Cherry River, where they operated from 1900 to 1925 … building a single-band sawmill on Cherry River at Coal Siding in 1905. This …

• Parsons

  … /articles/787. It is located at the head of "Cheat River":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1122, at the intersection of … org/articles/2197 was hard on Parsons. On November 5, the Cheat River crested at 24.3 feet, more than eight feet above …

• Miners Hospitals

  … . Miners Hospital No. Two, located at remote "McKendree":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1651 in the New River Gorge, opened for patients in December 1901, while No. Three in Fairmont had opened the previous October. The McKendree and …

• Paulownia

  … served as packing material in the days before plastic foam. Seeds escaping from opened crates helped establish paulownia along rivers and railroads. Paulownia has huge, velvety, heart-shaped leaves and distinctive, blue-purple flowers. Sprouts from …

• Paw Paw

  Strategically located on the "Potomac River":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1904, the "Baltimore & … gap in the mountains here, some settling to farm along the river. "Gen. Edward Braddock’s":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/ …

• Pawpaws

  … dark brown seeds. Pawpaw trees prefer slightly acidic, well-drained soil, and often are found along the banks of creeks and rivers. The leaves are about 12 inches long, glossy, distinctly veined, and droopy. Pawpaws tend to be small, understory trees, …

• Pence Springs

  … fields between the spring and the Greenbrier River contain prehistoric sites, which were studied … its main line down the Greenbrier River. The railroad constructed a passenger station … , brick hotel, and fields along the river, was purchased by the state of …

• Mingo

  … eventually standardized the spelling as Mingo. Thus Shikellamy, whom the Six Nations stationed at the Forks of the Susquehanna River to keep watch over the subject "Indian peoples":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/841 living on land …

• Mingo County

  … is drained by the Tug Fork and the "Guyandotte River":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/98 and their … its production was from surface mines. The Tug and Guyandotte rivers flood occasionally, sometimes doing great damage to Mingo County. …

• Pentecostalism

  … only in the name of Jesus simply celebrates the importance John the Baptist placed on the role of Jesus in the original River Jordan baptisms. Based on the Pew Research Center's 2014 _Religious Landscape Study_, 39 percent of all Christians in West …

• Peter Tarr Furnace

  … James Rankin. Known to history by Peter Tarr’s name, the furnace was located along Kings Creek, a tributary of the Ohio River, just north of "Weirton":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/969. At its peak, the furnace produced two tons of iron …

• Peters Mountain

  … the same geological formation as "East River Mountain":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/ … the water gap cut by the New River at the Narrows. Throughout most of its … Sandstone that forms the crest of East River Mountain. The crest of Peters Mountain …

• Petersburg

  … ":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/514 of the Potomac River near the Hardy County border, 30 miles from the … www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2184, Petersburg’s proximity to the river, "Smoke Hole Canyon":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/ …

• Petersburg Wave

  … the valley where the two forks of the "South Branch":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/514 of the Potomac River merge near Petersburg. After reaching the valley floor, the wind rises again in a powerful standing wave with enormous lift. …

• Philippi

  Philippi is located in north-central West Virginia on the "Tygart Valley River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/805. Chartered in 1844, it is the county seat of "Barbour County":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/347. Both …

• Philippi Covered Bridge

  The covered bridge over the "Tygart Valley River":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/805 in "Philippi":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1845 was completed in 1852 by noted bridge builder "Lemuel Chenoweth":http:// …

• Pickens Leper

  … eastbound coal train out of Elkins in a desperate attempt to return home, believing that if he could swim in the Jordan River he would be healed. Railroad officials apprehended him in Cumberland, Maryland. Since he was aboard a "Baltimore & Ohio& …

• Piedmont

  … ":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1691 of the Potomac River, Piedmont’s elevation is 871 feet. Originally in Hampshire … ":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/336, which crosses the river into Maryland just west of town to begin its …

• Pike Knob Preserve

  … as one stands on Nelson Sods and looks across the valley of the North Fork of the South Branch of the "Potomac River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1904. The preserve is also the location of West Virginia’s only virgin red pine forest …

• Pinch Reunion

  The Pinch Reunion was established by Judge William W. Wertz and other Elk River residents in 1902. For three days in August the gathering is held at Rockwood Glen, in Pinch, northeast of Charleston. The first reunion was organized as a Fourth of July …

• Pineville

  … seat of "Wyoming County":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1381, is located on Rockcastle Creek where it enters the "Guyandotte River":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/98. The town lies at an elevation of 1,323 feet, at the …

• Pipestem Resort State Park

  … It is situated on the east rim of the scenic "Bluestone River":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/577 gorge. The elevation … at its highest point on Pipestem Knob, to 1,550 feet at river level. Fine views of the park and its surroundings are …

• Place Names

  … for a cliff on the Bluestone River, while the river itself was named after the … of its watershed. The communities of Lost River and Birch River are named for rivers. … mountain slopes and whitewater rafters renaming many features of the New River Gorge.