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  2. Thurmond, West Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Thurmond is a town in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States, on the New River. The population was five at the 2020 census. The population was five at the 2020 census. During the heyday of coal mining in the New River Gorge, Thurmond was a prosperous town with a number of businesses and facilities for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway .

  3. List of programs broadcast by the History Channel - Wikipedia

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    This is an incomplete list of television programs formerly or currently broadcast by History Channel/H2/Military History Channel in the United States.

  4. Battle of Winfield, West Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Lieutenant Colonel Vincent Witcher and Captain Phillip Thurmond led two columns of Confederates on October 26, 1864, against Federal troops protecting Winfield, the Putnam County Courthouse and local traffic on the Ohio River. Though outnumbered, Company D of the 7th West Virginia Cavalry under Captain John Reynolds repulsed the attack, killing ...

  5. New River Coalfield - Wikipedia

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    Tipple Boy, Turkey Knob Mine, MacDonald, West Virginia. photograph by Lewis Hine, 1908 during the height of coal mining in the New River Coalfield. The New River Coalfield is located in northeastern Raleigh County and southern Fayette County, West Virginia. Commercial mining of coal began in the 1870s and thrived into the 20th century.

  6. List of films set in West Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Logan County, West Virginia: Act of Vengeance: John Mackenzie: 1986 Charleston, West Virginia: Matewan: John Sayles: 1986 Mingo County, West Virginia [1] [5] [4] [3] Chillers: Daniel Boyd: 1986 Kanawha County, West Virginia: Big Business: Jim Abrahams: 1988 Fayette County, West Virginia: Rain Man: Barry Levinson: December 16, 1988 Huntington ...

  7. History Channel - Wikipedia

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    The History Channel's original logo used from January 1, 1995, to February 15, 2008, with the slogan "Where the past comes alive." In the station's early years, the red background was not there, and later it sometimes appeared blue (in documentaries), light green (in biographies), purple (in sitcoms), yellow (in reality shows), or orange (in short form content) instead of red.

  8. New River Gorge National Park and Preserve - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  9. Nuttallburg Coal Mining Complex and Town Historic District

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    The Nuttallburg Coal Mining Complex and Town Historic District is located near Winona, West Virginia in New River Gorge National Park and Preserve.The townsite is almost directly across from the Kay Moor mine and townsite, now abandoned.