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The Lovers' Leap at Hawks Nest State Park in the town of Ansted, West Virginia, along the historic Midland Trail, has a drop of 585 feet (178 m) from a high cliff overlooking the New River Gorge. The promontory was named "Lovers' Leap" by settlers, [2] and has acquired a legend involving two young Native Americans from different tribes. [3]
A scenic view of the New River Valley from Lover's Leap, in Hawk's Nest State Park, Ansted, West Virginia Location of Hawk's Nest. Hawk's Nest, the site of Hawks Nest State Park, is a peak on Gauley Mountain in Ansted, West Virginia, USA. The cliffs at this point rise 585 ft (178 m) above the New River.
The company changed its name to Hawks Nest Coal Company, Ltd., in 1875, and was reorganized in bankruptcy in 1889 as the Gauley Mountain Coal Company. A scenic view of the New River Gorge from Lovers' Leap in Hawks Nest State Park, Ansted, West Virginia. Colonel Imboden, who was Ansted's first mayor, helped stimulate the growth of the town's ...
Hawks Nest State Park is located on 370 acres (150 ha) [2] in Fayette County near Ansted, West Virginia. The park's clifftop overlook along U.S. Route 60 provides a scenic vista of the New River , some 750 feet (230 m) below. [ 4 ]
The rocky outcropping known as Lover's Leap is on Wills Mountain on the northeast side of the Cumberland Narrows. Lover's leap is 1,652 feet (504 m) above sea level and made up of oddly squared projections of rock, extending from its top all the way down to the National Highway (Alternate U.S. 40) below.
Hubert Skidmore (1909–1946) was an American writer. His twin brother was novelist Hobert Skidmore, and he was married to the novelist Maritta Wolff, writer of Whistle Stop and a fellow student at the University of Michigan, in 1942.
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A memorial to the Hawks Nest workers and a grave site is located at 98 Hilltop Drive in Mount Lookout, near Summersville Lake and U.S. Route 19 The site is located several miles from Martha White’s farm at Summersville where many of the black miners were buried, since they were not allowed to be buried in "white" cemeteries. [ 7 ]