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Ikes Fork (the United States) Show map of the United States Coordinates: 37°31′20″N 81°48′16″W / 37.52222°N 81.80444°W / 37.52222; -81
Cass, West Virginia, founded in 1901 for West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company logging the nearby mountains; Coalwood, West Virginia, formerly owned by the Olga Coal Company; Gary, West Virginia, formerly owned by U.S. Steel; Grant Town, West Virginia, built by the Federal Coal and Coke Company, which built and operated the Federal No. 1 Mine.
Brenton is a census-designated place (CDP) in Wyoming County, West Virginia, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population is 249. [2] Sue Cline (1946–2021), West Virginia State Senator and businesswoman, lived in Brenton. [3]
The Meadow River Lumber Company, which operated in Rainelle, West Virginia from 1906 to 1975, was the largest hardwood sawmill in the world. It had three 9 feet (2.7 m) bandsaws under one roof. In 1928, during peak production, its 500 employees produced 31 million board feet (73 thousand cubic meters) of lumber , cutting 3,000 acres (12 km 2 ...
The railroad began c. 1901 as the Greenbrier and Elk River Railroad, which ran from Cass to Spruce under the ownership of the West Virginia Spruce Lumber Company. In addition to the large lumber mill in Cass, the road also served a pulp mill, built in Spruce, beginning in 1904. [2]
The St. Lawrence Boom and Lumber Company is one of the "central backdrops" to the plot of Pocahontas County author W. E. Blackhurst book, "Riders of the Flood." Every September the town of Ronceverte holds an outdoor drama of Riders of the Flood just belowstream the location of the mill company.
Kline is an unincorporated community located in Pendleton County, West Virginia, United States. Originally known as Clines Cross Roads, its name was changed to Kline in about 1875. The name comes from Samuel Kline (or Cline), an early postmaster. [2] Kline is located in Greenawalt Gap along Mill Run, a tributary of the South Branch Potomac River.
Mullens is a city in Wyoming County, West Virginia. The population was 1,475 at the time of the 2020 census. [2] Located in a valley along the Guyandotte River within a mountainous region of southern West Virginia, the town was nearly destroyed by flash flooding in July 2001. While the town has attempted to redevelop with the aid of state and ...