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  • Eleanor

    … in 1933. 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 …

  • Elizabeth

    … 1,400 acres at Tucker’s Riffle on the "Little Kanawha River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1422. He had … ":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/727. Located on the Little Kanawha at the junction of State Routes 14, 53, and 5, …

  • Fish

    … .org/articles/1637 of the upper Kanawha River drainage. The New, a remnant … are the New River shiner, bigmouth chub, Kanawha minnow, Bluestone sculpin, candy darter, … thought that the barrier created by "Kanawha Falls":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org …

  • Fishing

    … wvencyclopedia.org/articles/631, Elk River, and Kanawha Falls are favorite walleye waters. The … set by Fred Cline in 1976, at Kanawha Falls. In 2004, Jerry Rose, … ://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1740 and Kanawha rivers, primarily below the navigation locks …

  • Elk River

    … to its confluence with the "Kanawha River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/ … Charleston, the last serving customers in Kanawha County and parts of Putnam, … stream is contained in Braxton, Clay, Kanawha, and Webster counties. Other counties within …

  • Flood Control

    … .org/articles/1428 on the Ohio and Kanawha rivers, also built by the Corps of … of the Greenbrier, Potomac, Monongahela and Little Kanawha rivers, resulted in 47 deaths and … , as was the case in the Little Kanawha Valley downstream of the Burnsville Dam in …

  • Flood of 1985

    … .org/articles/33, and "Little Kanawha":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/ … on portions of the Tygart Valley, Little Kanawha, and West Fork rivers, and on … .wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2124, the Little Kanawha River crested 13 feet above flood …

  • Floods

    … some significant floods, probably including the great Kanawha River flood. On September 29, … .org/articles/2443 devastated communities in Kanawha, Nicholas and Greenbrier counties, causing 23 … Elk River at Queen Shoals in Kanawha County set a record at 33 …

  • Flora

    … reach their southern limits in West Virginia. Atlantic coastal plain species are frequently found in the Potomac River and New-Kanawha drainages, where they have migrated westward. From the south, several plants have migrated northward along the New River …

  • Ethnic Life

    Immigrants from Europe flowed into what is now West Virginia from the early 18th century onward. These settlers were largely from the British Isles and Germany, with minority representation from many other places, and that population mix prevailed for …

  • John B. Floyd

    … May 23, 1861, he was appointed brigadier general. In August 1861, General Floyd was assigned to command the Army of the Kanawha, with the expectation that he could retain that region for the Confederacy. On September 10, 1861, his forces fought the " …

  • The Environment

    … /2244 for food, shelter, and clothing. They made salt in the Kanawha Valley for their own use and to trade. There was little … /articles/652 were built to reduce flooding of cities along the Kanawha, Monongahela, and Ohio rivers. These lakes, as well as the …

  • Episcopal Church

    … parishioners there moved out to create All Saints Church in South Charleston and the Church of the Good Shepherd in Kanawha City. Trinity Episcopal Church in Huntington held its first services at the Cabell County Courthouse in "Barboursville": …

  • Exploration

    … . Historians once believed that "Batts and Fallam":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/408 continued downstream to "Kanawha Falls":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1110, a few miles below the juncture of the "New": …

  • Fauna

    … typically did not exist here. As dams were constructed on the Ohio River and on the Bluestone, Cheat, Elk, Gauley, Guyandotte, Little Kanawha, Tygart, and West Fork rivers, vast acreages of new habitat were created. Birds, such as "bald eagles": …

  • Fayette County

    … 1831. Its territory was carved from Kanawha, Nicholas, Greenbrier, and Logan counties. … the earlier "James River & Kanawha Turnpike":http://www.wvencyclopedia. … ), the "Giles, Fayette & Kanawha Turnpike":http://www.wvencyclopedia. …

  • Fayetteville

    … .org/articles/2245 in 1837. The name was later changed to Fayetteville. Located on the "Giles, Fayette & Kanawha Turnpike":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2108, the town remained small until after the "Civil War":https:// …

  • Ferries

    … both the Ohio and "Little Kanawha":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/ … .org/articles/98 and the "Kanawha":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/ … River area between the Narrows and Kanawha Falls exemplifies the importance of ferries …

  • Filmmaking

    … with Bob Webb to produce a 90-minute documentary about Kanawha County cello maker "Harold Hayslett":http://www.wvencyclopedia. … -written by Caroline Gentry (1870-1939) who was born in Kanawha County. She returned to West Virginia to help make the …

  • Appalachian Mountains

    … the Appalachian Mountains. In West Virginia, the population of about 1.8 million resides mostly in counties along the Ohio, "Kanawha":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1123, New, and Monongahela rivers, and in the Eastern Panhandle in " …

  • New Deal

    … , airports, government buildings, and public housing facilities built under New Deal programs continue in service. They include Kanawha Boulevard in Charleston and Richwood Avenue in Morgantown; Boreman Hall at "West Virginia University":http:// …

  • William Crawford

    … including 2,314 acres in Wood County, known as Washington Bottom, and 10,000 acres at the confluence of the Ohio and Kanawha rivers in Mason County. These tracts were registered by Crawford for Washington in 1772. Colonel Crawford’s death was tragic. He …

  • Magistrate Courts

    … are currently 160 magistrates in West Virginia, with at least two in every county and ten in the largest county, Kanawha. State law currently sets the maximum amount in controversy for magistrate court civil jurisdiction at $10,000 and provides for …

  • The Rhododendron

    The West Virginia Centennial showboat _Rhododendron_ plied the Kanawha, Ohio, and Monongahela rivers in 1963 in celebration of the state’s 100th birthday. The showboat was created from the sternwheeler _Omar_, originally launched by the Ohio River Company …

  • William Nelson Page

    … ;Virginian Railway":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/876 (1898–1909), a coal railroad running from Deep Water on the Kanawha River to Norfolk. Moving to Washington in 1917, he worked there to protect coal and steel interests. Founder of the …

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