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• Jay Rockefeller

  … on Rockefeller’s campaign. The new governor had to deal with heavy snowfalls across the state, acute fuel shortages, rampaging floods, and a 111-day coal strike during his administration. On his recommendation, large segments of state government were …

• Harpers Ferry

  … which gave the place its new name. Flooding was a common occurrence in this … drove Robert Harper from his cabin. Other floods followed in 1810, 1843, 1870, 1889 … 5 feet, more than 18 feet above flood stage. Waterpower, however, also attracted people …

• Art and Artists

  … an illustrator and painter of portraits and "Civil War":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1193 subjects. The flood of news illustrations depicting West Virginia that appeared nationally during the Civil War likely contributed to the new …

• William Wallace Barron

  … would in any way promote or sanction discrimination.’’ Barron focused on jobs, oversaw the state’s recovery from the 1961 flood that claimed 22 lives, and supervised allocation of north-south "interstate highway":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/ …

• Shenandoah River

  … war. One of the first recorded floods of the Shenandoah took place … and was called the “Pumpkin Flood.” The swollen river picked up … sent them downstream. The worst flood took place on October 16, … 32.4 feet, nearly 19 feet above flood stage. Other major …

• Shinnston

  … of June 23, 1944, a freak storm which left 66 people dead in the town and surrounding area. The town has suffered as well from floods on the West Fork. Shinnston’s population peaked at 3,059 in 1980 and then declined for the next 30 years. However, by …

• Sinks of Gandy

  … The Sinks may be the most visited wild cave in West Virginia. The cave takes the entire flow of Gandy Creek and can flood suddenly following rain. An article in the _Saturday Evening Post_ in 1941 by Clay Perry recounts the story of four cavers who were …

• Beech Fork Lake

  … created by damming the Beech and Miller forks of Twelvepole Creek. Beech Fork Lake provides outdoor recreational opportunities and "flood control":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2196, and consists of more than 720 acres of water with an …

• Smoke Hole

  … part of the Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area. The remote "Smoke Hole Lodge":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/491 operated in the gorge until its loss in the 1985 flood, and its replacement operated until 2001.

• Smoke Hole Lodge

  Located near Petersburg in "Grant County":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2147, the Smoke Hole Lodge sat on the "South Branch":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/514 of the "Potomac River":http://www. …

• Smoot Theatre

  … stationed outside for patrons feeling faint, and audience members, determined to get their money’s worth, moved to the balcony during the flood of 1937 as water rose in the lower section. The 720-seat Smoot served as a movie theater until 1986, but its …

• Soils of West Virginia

  … the fertility of soils. It is almost impossible to find virgin soil in West Virginia because of logging, mining, fire, flooding, and construction of roads, airports, houses, and industry. By disturbing the original landscape and soil profile, humans …

• State Fair

  … as the West Virginia State Fair and the West Virginia Exposition and State Fair and apparently was discontinued due to the periodic flooding of the island. The 1921 Greenbrier Valley Fair was held at the site of today’s fairgrounds and introduced the …

• Bluestone Dam and Lake

  … /378, is one of the major "flood control":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/ … . It has the largest drainage area and flood storage capacity of any dam in the … to the construction of the Bluestone Dam, flooding was a major problem on this great …

• Bluestone River

  … /67. Bush Creek Falls, on a tributary, was the site of a woolen mill. There was a plan to build a "flood control":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2196 dam at Spanishburg, but it was never constructed. Most of the river is paralleled by …

• Steel Industry

  … again put the local companies in peril. In 1998, following currency devaluations in South Korea and Russia, cheap foreign steel flooded the U.S. market, and Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel, Weirton Steel, and the steel unions lobbied to curb the imports. …

• Stonewall Jackson Lake

  … state park and wildlife management area have become a major recreational attraction. The lake’s additional purposes include flood control, stream-flow and water-quality augmentation, and water supply. The concrete gravity dam has an uncontrolled …

• Summers County

  … rivers. During the mid-20th century, "Bluestone Dam":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/575 was constructed to control flooding on New River. This dam created Bluestone Lake, which has become a major recreational facility. The climate is …

• Sutton Dam and Lake

  … /843 built and operates the dam for purposes of flood control, low-flow augmentation, and recreation. Planning for Sutton … earthen and concrete composition. Sutton Dam has tamed the floods that once plagued downstream residents and communities along Elk …

• Taylor County

  … "U.S. Army Corps of Engineers":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/843 completed the Tygart Dam in 1938 to provide flood protection for the region. The resulting 1,740-acre lake is a popular recreation area. Valley Falls State Park, once a & …

• Timbering and Logging

  … "railroads":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1972 were built into the woods, the logs were stockpiled until a flood occurred; then they were rolled into the stream and floated away. After logging railroads were built, the logs were loaded …

• Harry F. Byrd

  U.S. Senator Harry Flood Byrd (June 10, 1887-October 20, 1966) was the pivotal figure of 20th … His brother was polar explorer Richard E. Byrd. Byrd’s mother, Eleanor Bolling Flood, was the great-granddaughter of Gen. Elisha Boyd, who built the Martinsburg …

• Hydroelectricity

  … , hydroelectric plants in West Virginia are smaller and usually situated on existing dams. These dams were built primarily for flood control and navigation, and sometimes refitted after many years for the production of electricity. Constructed in 1924–26, …

• Tucker County

  … mill closed in 1971. Parsons Footwear was next to occupy the facility, but foreign imports, local strikes, and the devastating floods of "1985":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2197 and 1996 closed that business. The playing out of jobs …

• Cabell County

  … wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1532, which flows into the Guyandotte at Barboursville. The Mud, whose banks have periodically overflowed with serious flooding of the lowlands, once was crossed by a covered bridge at Milton. This bridge, the only example of a …