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• The Environment

  … /569 were created to protect damaged watersheds. Fires in southern West Virginia had eliminated … of air pollution from "forest fires":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/ … during droughts. Air pollution from coal-fired power plants, chemical and steel …

• The Rathbone Well

  … 9, 1863, a Confederate raiding party under Gen. William E. Jones set fire to the Burning Springs oil field and to crude oil being stored in the area. Flames from the fire could be seen in Parkersburg, 40 miles away. Though Camden and …

• Red Jacket Case

  … other things) holding meetings, distributing information, urging the companies’ workers to join the union, paying court costs for fired workers evicted from their company houses, and giving aid to striking miners. State courts issued similar injunctions to …

• Greenbrier State Forest

  … , and ends at the forest headquarters building. The road was originally constructed as a scenic drive and for forest fire protection by the "Civilian Conservation Corps":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1195 in the 1930s. Recreational …

• Red Spruce Forests

  … burning the forest, destroyed large areas of the original spruce forest. Wildfires escaping from campfires of Civil War troops and ‘‘rings of fire’’ set by deer hunters added to the toll. The remaining red spruce was cut by timber barons, except for a 50- …

• Greenland Gap

  … The Union soldiers held off several assaults, refusing to surrender. After four hours of fighting, the church was set on fire and the Union forces surrendered. Union casualties were two killed, six wounded. The Confederates suffered seven soldiers killed, …

• Religion

  … University’s first president, "Alexander Martin":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1544, a Methodist minister, was fired during a political purge, the Methodists boycotted the school for a time. West Virginia’s Methodist Conference later …

• Jesse L. Reno

  … the Union debacle at Second Manassas, with Reno temporarily commanding Burnside’s 9th Corps during part of the campaign. Reno was felled by enemy fire at Fox’s Gap during the battles for South Mountain, Maryland, and died a few minutes later. In a last …

• Walter Phillips Reuther

  … 1227 in 1924. By 1927, he moved to Detroit, where he became one of the highest-paid skilled workers at the Ford Motor Company. Fired by Ford for his union activities, he and his brother, Victor, bicycled through Europe and worked for more than a year at a …

• River Transportation

  … dozen men and heavy cargo. Other vessels used by the Indians were dugout canoes made of tree trunks that had been hollowed out by fire and ax. The bark canoe was easily transportable, readily repaired, and could be used as a shelter on land, if needed. The …

• Guyandotte

  On January 5, 1810, the Virginia General Assembly recognized 20 acres of land owned by farmer and trader Thomas Buffington at the confluence of the "Guyandotte":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/98 and "Ohio":https://www. …

• Battle of Guyandotte

  On November 10, 1861, a Confederate cavalry force of more than 700 attacked a Union recruit camp for the Ninth (West) Virginia Infantry regiment at "Guyandotte":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/94 in Cabell County. Led by Col. John …

• The Hale House

  The Hale House hotel was built in Charleston in 1872 by its namesake, Dr. "John P. Hale":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/114. Hale was the leader of the group responsible for having the capital moved to Charleston in 1870, and he and a …

• Ruffner Hotel

  … the Ruffner never fell into ill repute. Its restaurant was noted for fine cuisine into the 1950s. In January 1946, a historic fire destroyed nearby buildings and almost reached the eight-story Ruffner. After 1900, the Lilly family owned the hotel, and …

• St. Marys

  … ://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1495 and dishes in the former St. Marys Glass building. Sadly, both glass factories were destroyed by fire. St. Marys is located on the Ohio River at the intersection of State Routes 2 and 16, east of Parkersburg. The …

• Rimfire Hamrick

  … appointed county game and fish warden. Three years later he was appointed fire warden, eventually taking charge of the fire tower on Turkey Mountain, which he supervised for several years. In 1932, he ran …

• Allegheny Lodge

  Minnehaha Springs on State Route 92 in Pocahontas County was once the site of a popular resort and hunting lodge. In 1912, J. A. Viquesney and H. M. Lockridge organized the Allegheny Sportsmen’s Association. Membership included many prominent West …

• Battle of Scary Creek

  … 1120, grandfather of Gen. George S. Patton of World War II. A near five-hour battle of heavy musketry and artillery fire ensued, including a number of unsuccessful federal charges across the Scary Creek bridge. Patton was seriously wounded and "Capt. …

• American Electric Power

  … is home to AEP’s largest generating facility—the giant coal-fired John E. Amos Plant, located on the "Kanawha River& … a day during peak seasons. The company has two other coal-fired generating stations in West Virginia: in Mason County and Marshall …

• Hanging Rock Observatory

  … in the 1930s by the "Civilian Conservation Corps":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1195 and was manned by forest fire spotters until the early 1970s. Vandals destroyed the old tower in 1996. Using the original construction plans, the Forest …

• Seneca State Forest

  … property, and continued logging until 1929. The state built a fire tower in its new forest in 1924 and built the … opportunities. Available for rent is the restored historic Thorny Mountain Fire Tower, which _National Geographic_ named as one of the nation …

• Appalachian Power Company

  … org/articles/1740 in "Mason County":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1563. Construction of other coal-fired power plants followed. Originally founded to bring electricity to the coalfields of southern West Virginia, Appalachian essentially …

• Aracoma Hotel

  … the wave of fireproof construction that followed Logan’s great fire of January 1912. While preparing the ground for the foundation, … /articles/1186 of 1960. The Aracoma was heavily damaged by fire on November 15, 2010, and was demolished later that year …

• Arbuckle’s Fort

  … companies occupied Arbuckle’s Fort in 1776, 1777, and 1778. Although no large-scale attacks on this fort occurred, it was fired upon by Indian forces in 1774, and nearby settlers reported hearing gunshots near the fort in 1777. This second incident came …

• Harpers Ferry Armory and Arsenal

  … the flames. Rebels occupied the site for the next two months, relocating machinery to the Confederate armory in Fayetteville, North Carolina. They set fire to the remaining buildings upon their own retreat in June. The armory was never rebuilt.