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2. 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 ...

3. National Register of Historic Places listings in New River ...

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   This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in New River Gorge National Park and Preserve, West Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a Google ...

4. Beury Mountain Wildlife Management Area - Wikipedia

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   In January 2008, The Nature Conservancy and West Virginia Division of Natural Resources announced they had acquired 4,584 acres (1,855 ha) of land adjacent to New River Gorge from Mountain Top Management, Inc. [3] The land, which borders the Gorge for 4.5 miles (7.2 km), was purchased by the Nature Conservancy for $1,000 an acre [4] and leased to the Division of Natural Resources.

5. Nuttallburg Coal Mining Complex and Town Historic District

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   The mine was established to develop the New River Coalfield in 1870 by John Nuttall, who correctly anticipated that the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad would be built through the New River Gorge. When the railroad arrived in 1873 Nuttall had built almost 100 houses, with 80 coke ovens, a variety of mine structures and a coal tipple on a railroad ...

6. National Register of Historic Places listings in Marion ...

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   Marion County Bridge 0501F: Marion County Bridge 0501F: September 20, 2006 : 86th and 82nd Sts. over the White River: Washington: 52: Michigan Road Toll House: Michigan Road Toll House: August 7, 1974 : 4702 Michigan Rd., NW.

7. Allegheny Mountains - Wikipedia

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   A number of impressive gorges and valleys drain the Alleghenies: to the east, Smoke Hole Canyon (South Branch Potomac River), and to the west the New River Gorge and the Blackwater and Cheat Canyons. Thus, about half the precipitation falling on the Alleghenies makes its way west to the Mississippi and half goes east to Chesapeake Bay and the ...

8. National Register of Historic Places listings in Marshall ...

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   Roughly bounded by Center, Washington, and Water Sts., and the Yellow River; also 110, 112, 116, 120 Washington, 101 Michigan & the blk. bounded by Garro, Water, LaPorte & Michigan Sts. 41°20′27″N 86°18′34″W  /  41.340833°N 86.309444°W  / 41.340833; -86.309444  ( Plymouth Downtown Historic

9. New River (Kanawha River tributary) - Wikipedia

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   Much of the river's course through West Virginia is designated as the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve, and the New River is one of the nation's American Heritage Rivers. In 1975, North Carolina designated a 26.5-mile (42.6 km) segment of the river as "New River State Scenic River", by including it in the state's Natural and Scenic ...