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• William Henry Edwards

  … history. Building on his experiences during a trip on the Amazon River as a young man in 1846 and the travel book he wrote about this adventure (_A Voyage on the River Amazon_, 1847) Edwards spent increasing amounts of time studying butterflies. …

• Eleanor

  … . Eleanor in Putnam County soon followed. The site was a tract of flat land on the north side of the Kanawha River, often referred to as Red House. Potential homesteaders were evaluated on need and ability to work, although many were eliminated because …

• Elizabeth

  … /1321. William Beauchamp settled there in 1796. Beauchamp farmed 1,400 acres at Tucker’s Riffle on the "Little Kanawha River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1422. He had been a sailor in the American Revolution and was a lay preacher in …

• Fishing

  … restored trout fishing in "Blackwater River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/ … www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/631, Elk River, and Kanawha Falls are favorite … .wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1740 and Kanawha rivers, primarily below the navigation locks …

• Flat Top Mountain

  … over about 400 square miles between the Bluestone River; White Oak, Talley, and Guyandotte mountains; and … are tributaries of the Bluestone and New rivers and headwaters of the Guyandotte River, Elkhorn Creek, and Tug Fork. The summit of Flat Top is a …

• Elkins

  … seat of "Randolph County":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/8, is located on the upper "Tygart Valley River":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/805, where it flows to the northwest through a break between Rich and Laurel …

• Stephen B. Elkins

  … . In 1890, the Elkinses chose to build their castle-like home, Halliehurst, in Randolph County near the Tygart Valley River. Nearby was "Graceland":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2140, home of Senator Davis, and the town of Elkins …

• Endangered Species

  … native zebra mussels, especially in the Ohio River. Seven species of freshwater mussels are … to contain the Candy Darter, Guyandotte River Crayfish, and Big Sandy Crayfish or … largest population found along the Gauley River. The small whorled pogonia, a rare …

• Thomas Dunn English

  … ‘‘Ben Bolt.’’ His West Virginia poems include ‘‘The Logan Grazier,’’ ‘‘Guyandotte Musings,’’ ‘‘The Boone Wagoner,’’ ‘‘Gauley River,’’ and ‘‘Rafting on the Guyandotte.’’ Before moving to Lawnsville, now named "Logan":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org …

• Flora

  … of rich alluvial soils cover many river floodplains. Climate, topography, man’s … , silver maple, and cottonwood line most rivers and streams. These riparian zones are … along streams. Common riverbank trees are river birch, sycamore, silver maple, and box …

• The Environment

  … /1737, as well as the fur-bearing beaver, river otter, fisher, and wolf. As the Indian threat … of cities along the Kanawha, Monongahela, and Ohio rivers. These lakes, as well as the locks and dams on the navigable rivers, changed free-flowing rivers to slow …

• Episcopal Church

  … first bishop and his wife. Diocesan trustees eventually purchased land from the Hampshire Club on the South Branch of the Potomac River near Romney. Today the Peterkin Camp and Conference Center honors all three of the first bishops with the main lodge …

• Fairfax Lands

  … ":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1904 rivers from their head waters to the … followed the North Branch of the Potomac River to what they determined to be … /articles/2229. The vast region between the rivers was called the Northern Neck, although …

• Fairfax Stone

  … org/articles/2227 extended to the headwaters of the "Potomac River":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1904, and the … org/articles/1691 helped to establish the North Branch as the river’s main stem. The Fairfax Stone also marked the boundary …

• Fairmont

  … Fork":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1002 and "Tygart Valley":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/805 rivers join to form the "Monongahela":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2018. Fairmont was established by the …

• Fairmont High Level Bridge

  Open for traffic in 1921, the High Level Bridge carries Jefferson Street 90 feet above the Monongahela River into the heart of Fairmont. With three 250-foot spans, this reinforced concrete arch bridge is significant not only for its immense size, but also …

• Battle of Fallen Timbers

  … 2259 in what would become West Virginia. The movement of settlers into the disputed territory west of the "Ohio River":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1740 and the failure of negotiations between the United States and the Native Americans …

• Family Life

  … work in different occupations, and live in different environments. Early settlers found themselves in an area where mountains and rivers created natural barriers and a sense of protection and isolation that contributed to family attachment. West Virginia …

• Fayetteville

  … on the plateau south of "New River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/ … .org/articles/1143 through the New River Gorge in 1873 accelerated population growth … activities. Development of the "New River Gorge National Park and Preserve" …

• Filmmaking

  … s _Forks of Cheat_ (1989) explored the Cheat River region. WNPB also made short fictional films … /1675_ was partly filmed along the Ohio River near Moundsville. The movie was based on … in the film takes place on the Elk River in Clay County though it was not …

• Seneca Glass Company

  … American lead crystal sold by Tiffany’s as the demand for expensive cut crystal faded. Today the factory along the Monongahela River houses a shopping complex while retaining the architecture and some artifacts from one of the world’s finest glass houses. …

• New Deal

  … ://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1127; flood-control walls in Huntington; and state parks, including Babcock, Cacapon, Holly River, Lost River, and Watoga. The New Deal brought about a friendlier legal atmosphere for organized labor, enabling the & …

• New Martinsville

  … Martinsville is located on the "Ohio River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/ … wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1685, and the Ohio River Division of the "Baltimore & … around the world participate in the River Heritage Days Regatta each year. …

• Barger Springs

  Barger Springs, located in Summers County, on the Big Bend of the "Greenbrier River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/33, was the site of a "mineral spring":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1802 resort from 1903 to 1929. …

• Beverly

  The town of Beverly is located where Files Creek joins the "Tygart Valley River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/805 as it flows toward "Elkins":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2189, six miles to the north. Previously …