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• Forks of Cheat

  … quot;:http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1122 rivers, including Stewartstown and the surrounding area … than the place where the Cheat River itself forks into its tributaries. That … ‘‘above the mouth of the Cheat River,’’ stolen horses, and burned a fort …

• The Frontier

  … farther west, along the "Monongahela River":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/ … was opened up, the "Ohio River":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/ … . Beginning in 1769, families descended the rivers and settled in the fertile …

• Geography

  … on the Ohio, Kanawha, and Monongahela rivers. The Coal, Little Kanawha, Guyandotte, … counties, and in the Little Kanawha river basin counties. Several counties, including … the Ohio, Kanawha, and Monongahela rivers, although Martinsburg has grown significantly …

• George Washington National Forest

  … lake in West Virginia, and the "Lost River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1456 Sinks, where the flow of Lost River disappears under Sandy Ridge, and then reappears as the Cacapon River. In early spring, the crest of Shenandoah …

• Gilmer County

  … a Union stockade, overlooked the Little Kanawha River atop College Hill in Glenville. … by modern standards, the Little Kanawha River remains important to Gilmer County and … the Gilmer County Historical Society. The river’s importance to county history is …

• Glaciation

  … Prior to the Pleistocene the Monongahela River flowed northwestward by way of present … result of later changes, the Teays River was diverted probably through stream piracy … it joined the recently created Ohio River. The Teays Valley, currently drained by …

• Glenville

  Located on the "Little Kanawha River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/ … a place where travelers could cross the river. Later, the community was named Glenville … Before the 1930s, the Little Kanawha River’s commercial traffic dominated the …

• Grant County

  … .org/articles/514 of the Potomac River. The historic "Fairfax Stone":http … title to the fertile bottomland along the river valleys, especially the South Branch Valley … and an important recreation resource. The river, which makes its way into Grant …

• Fish

  … Kanawha, Kanawha, Guyandotte, and Big Sandy rivers and their tributaries) drain to the … http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2096 river gorges contributed to the isolation … below. Species typical to our large rivers are walleye, sauger, freshwater drum, …

• Flood Control

  … Huntington from the Ohio and Guyandotte rivers. Because Huntington was home to so … , dependable stream depth so that the rivers remain navigable year-round. Flood- … the Greenbrier, Potomac, Monongahela and Little Kanawha rivers, resulted in 47 deaths and …

• Flood of 1985

  … ;:http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1422 rivers. These same rainfall rates affected an … ;:https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1002 river basins. In response to the rain … the air. The Cheat and Greenbrier rivers crested at record levels. Record …

• Floods

  … ) in Ashland, Kentucky, on the Ohio River just downstream from West Virginia. On … significant floods, probably including the great Kanawha River flood. On September 29, 1861, the … in the South Branch Potomac and Cheat River basins. A "2016 flood": …

• End of the World

  … of Charleston, on the "Elk River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/ … End of the World.’’ There the river runs along sheer cliffs for … a log raft down Elk River. Thinking his trouble lay ahead, … of the Elk_, and the river’s most famous chronicler. Byrne …

• Exploration

  … at the falls of the Appomattox River (present Petersburg, Virginia), the most … ;:https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2096 rivers in present "Fayette County& … https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/388 rivers, although the Swiss eventually accepted …

• Fauna

  … the area, extending from mountaintops to river bottoms. Many northern species of animals … ://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1443, beaver, river otter, and golden eagle were greatly … Little Kanawha, Tygart, and West Fork rivers, vast acreages of new habitat …

• Fayette County

  … org/articles/837 and campsites along New River and its tributaries yield information about … there. Although the earlier "James River & Kanawha Turnpike":http://www … county, crossing the spectacular "New River Gorge Bridge":http://www. …

• Ferries

  … ;:http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1422 rivers at Parkersburg, across the "Guyandotte& … the mouth of the "Elk River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/ … along this stretch of the New River. Ferryboats were gradually replaced by …

• Appalachian Mountains

  … era, the Appalachians were again uplifted and many rivers, especially the "New River" … is in the Eastern Panhandle and Ohio River valley counties. Three-fourths of the … .org/articles/1123, New, and Monongahela rivers, and in the Eastern Panhandle in …

• Lake Tight

  … by repeatedly damming the ancestral Kanawha River system northwest of present Chillicothe, … Mississippi Valley via the present Illinois River. The course of the modern & … glacial sediments blocked the "Teays River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/ …

• The Scioto Disaster

  … _John Lomas_ collided on the "Ohio River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles … Wellsville and other communities along the river while the _John Lomas_ carried a … for passing boats on the Ohio River. Judge Jackson, incensed by newspaper articles …

• Flood of 1937

  … 's ravages. There had been "Ohio River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/ … by boat. On January 28, the Ohio River at "Huntington":http://www. … to erect floodwalls to protect Ohio River communities and flood-control dams and …

• Crayfish

  … throughout West Virginia’s brooks, streams, rivers, and wetlands. The most notable … that live in streams and rivers. Burrowing crayfish are important ecosystem … . Hellbender salamanders, smallmouth bass, rockbass, river otters, and raccoons are just a few …

• Elk River Chemical Spill

  … Freedom Industries on the "Elk River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/ … the leaking tank to the nearby river. West Virginia American Water, which knew … supply sourced from the "Coal River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles …

• Abolitionism

  … .wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1040, on the banks of the Ohio River in Wayne County was founded by northern abolitionists led by … Eli Thayer. The townspeople helped fugitive slaves slip across the river where they might find sanctuary at nearby Quaker Bottom ( …

• Randolph County

  … ;:https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1904 rivers. The county's highest point is … , at Laurel, where the Tygart Valley River leaves Randolph County for Barbour County. … broad bottomlands of the Tygart Valley River. These bottomlands extend 35 miles along …