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• Ravenswood

  … /articles/931 along the "Ohio River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/ … construction companies, trucking, plastics, train and river freight, and automotive supplies. The … The Ritchie Bridge across the Ohio River opened Ravenswood to Ohio in …

• Red Ash, Rush Run Explosions

  … occurred March 6, 1900, at Red Ash Mine on New River in "Fayette County":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/ … people standing outside several feet down the hillside toward New River. It required ten days to restore ventilation and recover all …

• The Greenbrier

  … until made accessible in the 1820s by the "James River & Kanawha Turnpike":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/978 … year-round operation. The name ‘‘Greenbrier’’ (after the county, river, and plant) became the preferred name over the 19th …

• Greenland Gap

  Greenland Gap is a scenic 820-foot-deep pass through New Creek Mountain in Grant County. Both sides of the gap are framed by towering cliffs of "Tuscarora sandstone":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/798. The North Fork of Patterson Creek, …

• Reforestation

  … cleared for its timber as well as for farming. The forests had been largely removed from the counties bordering the Ohio River, and the valuable timber adjacent to principal streams had been removed in nearly every part of the state except the southern …

• Regionalism

  … of the Eastern Panhandle and major river valleys, became "agricultural":http … to establish regional distinctions. The Ohio River, while offering a broad valley suitable … Upper Kanawha, Teays, and lower Ohio River valleys, the affinities were more …

• Alexander Welch Reynolds

  … at the "Battle of Carnifex Ferry":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/971 (after which he was known as ‘‘Old Gauley’’ for the river on whose banks the battle was fought), he rose to the rank of brigadier general. After the war, on the …

• Red Ribble

  … eight inches high and up to four feet long. By 1919, Ribble had moved to the small community of Prince on the New River in Fayette County. Relocating to Mount Hope by 1920, he continued to record images of southern West Virginia until late 1957. It is …

• Richwood

  … Ramp Capital of the World. The Cherry River Festival, held each August, features a parade with the honorary "Cherry River Navy":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/ … of Richwood on the "Cranberry River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles …

• Ridge and Valley Province

  … . Caves, sinkholes, and underground streams such as Lost River in Hardy County are evidence of limestone. Springs are … Branch of the Potomac and the Cacapon, Shenandoah, Greenbrier, and Bluestone rivers have incised their meanders in the valleys. These and …

• Ritchie County

  … two forks of the "Hughes River":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/ … the North Fork of the Hughes River in 1817. A son of … the South Fork of the Hughes River from Smithville to Cisco. Smithville … the North Fork of Hughes River near Cairo, features a 30- …

• Charles Lloyd Ritter

  … ;Mercer County":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1764. Two years later he moved to Welch, where he organized the Tug River Lumber Company. Its offices later moved to Bluefield and then to Bristol, Virginia, before Ritter brought the company to & …

• Romani People

  … .org/articles/273, was named for the traveling groups of Romani who once favored the bottomlands of the "West Fork River":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1002 as a camping spot. Historically, however, Romani have rarely been nomads by …

• Rock Climbing

  … .wvencyclopedia.org/articles/937, the "New River Gorge":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/ … of sandstone cliffs that line the New River Gorge. By the mid-1980s, a … . Twenty miles north of the New River Gorge, the cliffs surrounding Summersville Lake …

• Rock Springs Park

  … to the street car system. A new bridge over the "Ohio River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1740 had opened a few … auction in 1974 to make way for the new road and Ohio River bridge. The Rock Springs carousel, a 1920s Dentzel model with 48 …

• John P. Hale

  … , physician, and businessman John Peter Hale (May 1, 1824-July 11, 1902) was born at Ingles Ferry in the New River Valley of Virginia, the great-grandson of the legendary "Mary Draper Ingles":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/849. Hale lived …

• Romney

  … ":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/152 and the county seat. Romney is located in the lower valley of the Potomac River’s "South Branch":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/514. The earliest Europeans to reside there were Job and …

• Rosbys Rock

  … to complete the "Baltimore & Ohio Railroad":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/336 from Baltimore to the Ohio River, the first rail line linking the Atlantic coast to the Ohio Valley. Although there was no golden spike, there was a …

• K. K. Hall

  … born at Greenview, Boone County. Hall spent 47 years on the state and federal benches. Hall worked his way through New River State College (now "WVU Institute of Technology":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1374) at Montgomery and later …

• William Starke Rosecrans

  … superintendent of a "cannel coal company":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/918 and president of the Coal River Navigation Company. When the "Civil War":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1193 erupted, Rosecrans joined Gen. …

• Rotary

  … on December 1, 1915. Rotary in West Virginia was divided into two districts, District 7550 (essentially south of the Kanawha River, including Charleston), and District 7530, in the north. In the early 21st century, the two districts collectively had some …

• Hamlin

  … the county seat of "Lincoln County":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1403. Hamlin is located on the "Mud River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1532 on State Route 3. The place was first settled by David Stephenson, who …

• Ruffner Family

  … of 1795, Ruffner was so impressed with the nearby Clendenin lands that within five years he was to own everything from the Elk River up the Kanawha to the ‘‘head of the bottom,’’ except for a few town lots. This included all of present downtown Charleston …

• Ruffner Hotel

  … . The South Side Bridge, the first bridge across the Kanawha River, was built almost at the Ruffner’s doorstep in 1891, allowing … access to the C&O Railroad depot directly across the river. As Charleston grew, other fine hotels were built, such as …

• James Rumsey

  … engine capable of propelling a boat by means of hydraulic jet propulsion. He first demonstrated the engine on the "Potomac River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1904 near Shepherdstown on December 3, 1787. This was 20 years before Robert …