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• Geology

  … and deltas, and coastal plains with rivers, swamps, bays, and lagoons. The mineral … The valley of the prehistoric "Teays River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/ … along the banks of the Monongahela River in the Morgantown-Fairmont area. …

• German Dunkards

  … , particularly along tributaries of the Potomac River. The first settlers of European descent … ., they next settled on the New River at Pulaski, Virginia. In 1756, having … site, the brothers traveled to the Monongahela River, settling along the Cheat River …

• Germans

  … is now West Virginia in the 1720s, along the "Potomac River":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1904. They called … , eventually settling farms in the Tygart, West Fork, and Buckhannon river valleys. Some of them settled along a tributary of …

• Germany Valley

  … Mountain. The strata are vertical in the River Knobs, the northwestern limb of the anticline, … of the South Branch of the Potomac River. Germany Valley is the most highly … , Hinkle Gap, and Judy Gap along the River Knobs. About 1760, John Justus Hinkle …

• Cass Gilbert

  … "state capitol":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/943, which was built from 1924 to 1932 on the Kanawha River in the east end of Charleston. Born in Zanesville, Ohio, Gilbert attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for one …

• Giles, Fayette & Kanawha Turnpike

  … ), and Fayetteville. Then it crossed Cotton Hill and New River, joining the James River & Kanawha Turnpike (present U.S. 60) at Kanawha Falls near Gauley … which ran from Lewisburg and crossed the New River at Sewell, joined the Giles, Fayette …

• Christopher Gist

  … , but a fire destroyed his storehouse of furs in 1732 and left him penniless. Around 1745, he moved to near the Yadkin River in North Carolina. In 1750, Gist was chosen by the "Ohio Company":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1738 to …

• Glade Creek Mill

  … to a more picturesque overshot water wheel. A Fitz water wheel, as well as enormous gears from the dismantled "Meadow River Company":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1749 lumber mill at Rainelle, were used in the work. A buried two-foot …

• Glass Industry

  … it the fourth-largest employer in the state. In certain communities, glassmaking was far more important. Along the Ohio River, glass tableware was a significant employer in towns from Wellsburg to Williamstown; glass bottles and window glass plants …

• Glass Sand Mining

  … County. The growing business soon acquired the Hancock Works, which had been started by Noah Speer in 1872 along the Potomac River north of Berkeley Springs in West Virginia. The Pennsylvania investors opened a second plant on the east side of Warm Springs …

• Glen Ferris Inn

  … a popular stagecoach stop on the "James River & Kanawha Turnpike":http://www. … "falls of the Great Kanawha River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1110 … Hotel on the other side of the river. Known first as Stockton’s Tavern, …

• Governor’s Mansion

  The West Virginia Governor’s Mansion, facing the Kanawha River near the southwest corner of the State Capitol Complex, was built in 1924–25, during the term of Governor "E. F. Morgan":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2046. Charleston …

• Grafton

  … seat of "Taylor County":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/692, is situated on hills rising from the "Tygart Valley River":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/805 at the intersection of U.S. 50 and U.S. 119. Chartered in 1856, …

• Grandview Park

  … refers to the panoramic view of the New River Gorge which can be seen from a huge rock atop a cliff overlooking the river far below. In 1939, the West Virginia … a part of the "New River Gorge National River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/ …

• Grantsville

  … , is situated in a bend of the "Little Kanawha River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1422 at the intersection … in and around Grantsville for use on the Little Kanawha River. The county’s only print newspaper, the _Calhoun Chronicle_, …

• Great Bend Tunnel

  … on the C&O. The tunnel is straight, 6,450 feet long, and cuts off a seven-mile meander of the Greenbrier River around Big Bend Mountain. Construction began in February 1870 at both ends of the tunnel and in two intermediate shafts, 365 and 170 feet …

• Daniel Greathouse

  … .org/articles/841 at Yellow Creek, Ohio, across the "Ohio River":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1740 from the " … to succeed. When he discovered that several Indians had crossed the river and had gone to a tavern owned by Joshua Baker, …

• Edgewood Country Club

  … the oldest private country club in West Virginia. The first clubhouse and golf course were situated on land extending from the Kanawha River north to Central Avenue and east to Delaware Avenue on the city’s west side. When this acreage was subdivided in …

• Greathouse Party Massacre

  … the Mingo camp at the mouth of Yellow Creek, in present Ohio. They found that it was too strong to attack and recrossed the river to Baker’s Tavern in present West Virginia. On the night of the attack, a party of eight Mingos arrived at Baker’s Tavern. …

• Green Bottom

  Green Bottom Plantation, located on the Ohio River in Cabell County, was the home of "Albert G. Jenkins":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1005, a U.S. and Confederate congressman and Confederate general. Joshua Fry received the Green …

• Greenbrier

  … state. The often impenetrable thickets of greenbrier and their painful spines made an impression on early settlers. The "Greenbrier River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/33 is named after these vines, as is the county and the " …

• Greenbrier College for Women

  … . Its Greenbrier Hall, an impressive red brick structure, now serves as the Greenbrier Campus of the "New River Community and Technical College":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1638. "Carnegie Hall":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/ …

• Greenbrier County

  … is named for the "Greenbrier River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/ … other important industries. The "Meadow River Lumber Company":http://www. … Confederacy. Strategically located on the James River & Kanawha Turnpike, Greenbrier suffered …

• Greenbrier Division

  … way was donated by the railroad to the state. The section between North Caldwell and Cass has become the "Greenbrier River Trail":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/34. The section connecting Cass with Durbin was destroyed in the 1985 flood. …

• Edwards Moonlight

  … traveled from there on dance cruises up and down the Kanawha River. When Vice President Charles Curtis came on September 27, … restaurant. The _Edwards Moonlight_ was brought home to the Kanawha River in 1999 and operated until 2003 as the General Seafood …