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  • Flood of 2016

    … the flooding of larger streams. The Meadow River overflowed its banks at Rupert and … swept through downtown Richwood, the Elk River inundated the towns of Clendenin and … the state’s Potomac, Cheat and Greenbrier River watersheds; and four other floods. …

  • Graham House

    … and Florence Graham near the "Greenbrier River":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/ … were hauled from a mile down river. In 1777, the house was attacked … on one trip. They crossed the Greenbrier River, and Jane asked Elizabeth what they …

  • Buck Harless

    … and timber had made him rich. He and his family lived in a house he built on an island in the "Guyandotte River":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/98 where his high school football team had once practiced. He served two terms as mayor of …

  • Flood of 1916

    … nearby Paint Creek and the Little Coal River, but death and destruction were far … the swollen stream. Along the Little Coal River, a train carrying 210 picnickers from … at Buffalo on the "Kanawha River":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/ …

  • C8 Controversy

    … Teflon at its Washington Works plant located on the "Ohio River":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1740 near " … of investigating and cleaning up C8 contamination in the Ohio River. The Ohio lawsuit seeks the following: A declaration of …

  • Tunney Hunsaker

    … Hunsaker took Ali on a tour of the area, which included briefly stopping traffic so Ali could walk on the "New River Gorge Bridge":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1639. In 1998, Fayette County’s Fayette Station Bridge was renamed the …

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