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Levels is an unincorporated community in Hampshire County in the U.S. state of West Virginia. According to the 2000 census, the Levels community has a population of 147. [2] It is home to John J. Cornwell Elementary School. The community was so named on account of the relatively level original town site. [3]
The former Naugatuck Railroad became part of the New Haven's network of branch lines extending throughout the state. In the mid-to-late 1900s, the line was abandoned from Derby Junction north to Ansonia in favor of the original New Haven and Derby Railroad on the other (west) side of the Naugatuck River.
New River Railroad, Mining and Manufacturing Company of West Virginia: N&W: 1874 1881 New River Railroad of West Virginia: New River Railroad of West Virginia: N&W: 1881 1882 Norfolk and Western Railroad: New River Bridge Company: C&O: 1887 1890 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway: New York Central Railroad: NYC NYC 1922 1968 Penn Central ...
"The View from the Border: West Virginia Republicans and Women's Rights in the Age of Emancipation," West Virginia History, Spring2009, Vol. 3 Issue 1, pp 57–80, 1861–1870 era; Gerofsky, Milton. "Reconstruction in West Virginia, Part I and II," West Virginia History 6 (July 1945); Part I, 295–360, 7 (October 1945): Part II, 5–39, Link ...
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.
Glade Creek Trail: located in the New River Gorge along Glade Creek, this 5.6-mile-long (9.0 km) trail follows an old rail bed [6] Glen Dale to Moundsville Rail Trail: a 3.1-mile (5.0 km) rail trail; Greenbrier River Trail: a 77-mile (124 km) rail trail that goes through pristine eastern West Virginia
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 ...
The Greenbrier River Trail (GRT), [1] is a lineal state park comprising a 77.1-mile (124.1 km) rail trail between North Caldwell and Cass in eastern West Virginia, United States. [ 2 ] The GRT route and its contours were originally engineered by the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway , serving as a passenger and freight line before becoming unviable ...