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The Criel Mound, also known as the South Charleston Mound, is a Native American burial mound located in South Charleston, West Virginia.It is one of the few surviving mounds of the Kanawha Valley Mounds that were probably built in the Woodland period after 500 B.C. [2] The mound was built by the Adena culture, probably around 250–150 BC, [citation needed] and lay equidistant between two ...
Little Indian Creek Wildlife Management Area is located on 1,036 acres (419 ha) [2] southwest of Westover in Monongalia County, West Virginia. The wildlife management area is centered on reclaimed former coal mine land along Little Indian Creek, a tributary of the Monongahela River .
Charleston is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of West Virginia and the seat of Kanawha County. [9] It is at the confluence of the Elk and Kanawha rivers. The population was 48,864 at the 2020 census. [5]
It is home to the Charleston Ordnance Center, a former naval munitions factory established for use in World War I. The city is serviced by Interstate 64, U.S. Route 60, U.S. Route 119, West Virginia Route 601 and West Virginia Route 214, and is adjacent to the Kanawha River. The city is serviced by the Kanawha Valley Regional Transportation ...
Criel Mound, South Charleston, West Virginia. Adena mounds in West Virginia include: Camden Park Mound, Cabell County; Criel Mound, Kanawha County, 250–150 BCE; Cresap Mound (46MR7), Marshall County, 1735 BCE; Cotiga Mound (46MO1), on the Tug Fork of the Big Sandy River, Mingo County, 1400 BCE; Grave Creek Mound, Moundsville, 250–150 BCE [40]
Chief Cornstalk Wildlife Management Area is located on 11,772 acres (4,764 ha) in Mason County near Southside, West Virginia. [2] Second growth oak-hickory and mixed hardwoods forests cover much of the rolling and moderately steep slopes.
Chief Logan State Park is located on 3,988 acres (1,614 ha) [2] about 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Logan in Logan County, West Virginia, United States.The park, the town and the county were all named after Chief Logan, a Mingo (or Ohio Iroquois) Native American leader who lived in the region before the American Revolutionary War.
Media related to Downtown Charleston Historic District at Wikimedia Commons Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. WV-218, "Gates Building, 108 Capitol Street, Charleston, Kanawha County, WV", 2 photos, 1 color transparency, 2 data pages, 2 photo caption pages; The Scottish Rite of Charleston, West Virginia