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President Jimmy Carter signed legislation establishing New River Gorge National River on November 10, 1978 (Pub. L. 95–625).As stated in the legislation, the park was established as a unit of the national park system "for the purpose of conserving and interpreting outstanding natural, scenic, and historic values and objects in and around the New River Gorge, and preserving as a free-flowing ...
Cacapon River Road (CR 14) Hooks Mills: Keller House (Century Hotel) c. 1800 1913 East Main Street Romney: Kuykendall Polygonal Barn† c. 1906 2005 South Branch River Road (CR 8) Romney: New Century Hotel: 1914 1970s East Main Street Romney: Old Romney High School: 1950s School Street Romney: Virginia House (Parker Hotel) West Main Street Romney
Blackwater Falls State Park is located in the Allegheny Mountains of Tucker County, West Virginia, US. The centerpiece of the park is Blackwater Falls, a 62-foot (19 m) cascade where the Blackwater River leaves its leisurely course in Canaan Valley and enters rugged Blackwater Canyon. It is among the most photographed venues in the state and ...
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New River/Greenbrier Valley 11 Gilmer: 10 Mountain Lakes 12 Grant: 7 Potomac Highlands 13 Greenbrier: 46 New River/Greenbrier Valley 14 Hampshire: 28 Potomac Highlands 15 Hancock: 11 Northern Panhandle 16 Hardy: 25 Potomac Highlands 17 Harrison: 22 Mountaineer Country 18 Jackson: 10 Mid-Ohio Valley 19 Jefferson: 86 Eastern Panhandle 20 Kanawha ...
This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of West Virginia. List of West Virginia rivers includes streams formally designated as rivers. There are also smaller streams (i.e., branches, creeks, drains, forks, licks, runs, etc.) in the state. Exclusive of major tributaries, there are about 46 named rivers in West Virginia.
Allard, H.A. and E.C. Leonard (1952), "Canaan and Stony River Valleys of West Virginia, Their Former Magnificent Spruce Forests, Their Vegetation and Floristics Today,", Castanea 17:1-60. Kennedy, Philip Pendleton (1853), The Blackwater Chronicle, A Narrative of an Expedition into the Land of Canaan in Randolph County, Virginia, Redfield, New York.
West Virginia Independence Hall. June 20, 1988 : Wheeling Ohio: Site of 1861–1863 pro-Union government of Virginia. ...