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  Ohio River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The river is formed by the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers in downtown Pittsburgh.
The Ohio River was formed by glacial meltwater from the last stage of this ice age, the Wisconsin glaciation.
Wherever the river serves as a boundary between states—Illinois, Indiana and Ohio on the north, and Kentucky and West Virginia on the south, the river essentially belongs to the two states on the south that were divided from Virginia.
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 Guyandotte River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It drains an area of the unglaciated Allegheny Plateau south of the Ohio between the watersheds of the Kanawha River to the northeast and Twelvepole Creek and the Big Sandy River to the southwest.
Via the Ohio River, it is part of the Mississippi River watershed.
The Guyandotte is formed in southwestern Raleigh County by the confluence of two streams, Winding Gulf and Stonecoal Creek, and flows initially west-northwestwardly into Wyoming and Mingo Counties.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Guyandotte_River   (224 words)

  
 Tragic Fate of Guyandotte
Guyandotte's fate was a result of the residents' suspected collaboration with the Confederate raiders and the town's established reputation as a "hot bed of secession."
While the Northern press applauded the reception given Thayer, a tremendous outcry arose from the South condemning Guyandotte's citizens as "yankee speculators" and "anti-Virginians." In response to the criticism, another meeting was held in Guyandotte on the afternoon of August 26, attended by the town's vocal anti-Thayer faction.
As they were herded out of Guyandotte, the captured Union soldiers and citizens were subjected to verbal abuse by the town's women, many of whom were wearing their "secession aprons."30 The march commenced at a run as the column proceeded south along the Guyandotte River.
www.wvculture.org /history/journal_wvh/wvh54-2.html   (5142 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Ohio River   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Scioto River (rhymes with iota) is a river of central and southern Ohio.
The Hocking River is a river that drains part of southeast Ohio, mostly within the unglaciated Allegheny Plateau, although its headwaters are within glaciated territory.
The Green River is a tributary of the Ohio River that rises in Lincoln County in south-central Kentucky.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Ohio-River   (4250 words)

  
 TEST
On Mud River, the soils are clay; elsewhere they are Sandy loams, all generally deep and very fertile.
The principal streams are Guyandotte and Mud rivers.
Means of transportation at present are the above streams, and county mud roads, to the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad.
www.natchezbelle.org /oldtime/lincoln.htm   (429 words)

  
 Lawrence County, Ohio Genealogy and History
John S. Everett, who lives below the Guyandotte river, on that side, with his gun in hand was active in shooting men as they came to the shore in swimming across.
Monday morning, Col. Zeigler landed at Guyandotte with a force not one-fourth, all told, of that of the rebel cavalry which incontinently fled at the sight of the steamboat bearing Zeigler.
On leaving Guyandotte, Col. Jenkins remarked to be reliable citizen there: "We did not make much by coming; the losses are about equal!" He made the same remark again in the hearing of Col. Whaley, before he escaped.
www.lawrencecountyohio.com /civilwar/stories/CWguyan.html   (870 words)

  
 BARBOURSVILLE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Located on the Guyandotte River near its junction with the Ohio River, Barboursville is one of Cabell County'’ oldest towns and was chartered by an Act of the Virginia General Assembly in January, 1813.
Called “Seconee” by Shawnee who hunted here, the river was the avenue of convenience for the first settlers to enter the region, and Merritt’s gristmill proved a focal point of commercial growth throughout the region.
Their religion was always important and significant to the people who settled their river lands, and the evidence is found in the growth of churches in a frontier time.
web.mountain.net /~jhanson/Barb.htm   (2911 words)

  
 Harvey Virginia Land Grants
On the waters of Catawbo Creek a branch of the James River.
On the waters of the Laurel and North forks of Holstein River and on the waters of the Clinch River
On the watesr of Cutawbo Creek a branch of James river.
www.geocities.com /~thg/USA/va_land.htm   (1181 words)

  
 Martha Truss   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The new Martha Truss Bridge carries relocated County Route 31/6 over the Guyandotte River near the town of Martha, WV and replaces an existing single lane bridge consisting of four pin-connected through trusses on cut stone piers and abutments, circa 1880.
The five parallel weathering steel girder superstructure is skewed to the river and curved on one end with spans of 84, 122, 175, 122 and 87 feet.
Foundations are spread footings on rock in the river, and driven steel piles for the approach piers.
www.modjeski.com /projects/offproj/martha.htm   (221 words)

  
 Miscellaneous Southwest Virginia, Virginia Land Grants   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
On Harts Creek a branch of Guyandotte River
On the Strait fork of Knox Creek of Tug River
On waters of Guyandott river a branch of the Ohio river and on Camp and
www.ls.net /~newriver/va/tzlgalph.htm   (7678 words)

  
 Guyandotte River   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Guyandotte River certainly received its name from Henry Guyan, a French trader who established a trading camp at its mouth about 1750.
The head of the Guyandotte River is located in Raleigh County, WV and flows into the Ohio River at Huntington, WV.
Some of the fish in the Guyandotte River are bass, bluegill, catfish, carp, crappie, gar, muskie, trout, walleye as well as turtles.
lc2.boe.loga.k12.wv.us /loganhi/guyan.htm   (150 words)

  
 Guyandotte Christened
Thomas Buffington received a license to operate a ferry across the Guyandotte River around 1802.
He was one of the first trustees of the town of Guyandotte.
The family continued to run a landing or wharf in Guyandotte after the ferries became obsolete due to the construction of a suspension bridge at Third Street.
www.cityofhuntington.com /Visiting/history/history1.asp   (393 words)

  
 Official Records : Page 502 | OPERATIONS IN MD., N. VA., AND W. VA. Chapter XIV.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
In consequence of this information I forded the Little Coal River on the morning of the 12th of January, and moved the same day four companies, under command of Major Ankele, to Chapmanville and on to Guyandotte, whilst one company, under Captain Messner, advanced by Turtle Creek towards the head of Mud River.
But the next morning, when Major Ankele moved up the right bank of the Guyandotte from Chapmanville, his column was fired at from every house on the opposite side of the river, which by this time was nowhere fordable.
By this fire was mortally wounded Captain Goecke, of Company B, which exasperated the men of the regiment so much, that a number of them threw themselves in the river and reached by swimming the opposite bank, destroyed the houses from where they had been fired at, took away some rifles, and made some prisoners.
ehistory.osu.edu /uscw/library/or/005/0502.cfm   (424 words)

  
 Capitol Reports / Environmental News Link   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
West Virginia has listed the Lower and Upper Guyandotte River and its tributaries as impaired by pollutants including pH, aluminum, iron, manganese, selenium, fecal coliform bacteria and/or biological impairment.
Once the water body is impaired, a TMDL must be developed to set the maximum amount of a specific pollutants that an estuary, lake or river can receive.
After that load amount is calculated, all sources of that pollutant in the watershed are required to reduce their contributions of the contaminant to specified levels.
www.caprep.com /0404012.htm   (259 words)

  
 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Huntington District - R.D. Bailey Lake   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The dam is on the Guyandotte River near the southern West Virginia town of Justice in Wyoming County.
Spread along a scenic six mile stretch of the Guyandotte River, the campground is divided into four segments, each with restrooms/showers, playgrounds, and nearby trailer dump stations.
The dam is on the Guyandotte River near the southwestern West Virginia town of Justice.
www.lrh.usace.army.mil /projects/lakes/rdb   (1238 words)

  
 Search Tuna Report for ohio river   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Ohio River Terraces The Nebraskan and Kansan ice sheets extended as far south as the contemporary Ohio River, and presumably left valley train and outwash deposits in the river valley which would have formed terraces during subsequent incision....
The Ohio River Chapter is open to anyone interested in the exploits of Lewis and Clark, especially the formation of the Corps of Discovery as it occurred in the Ohio River Valley....
Ohio River Flood, 1937 Residents of villages, towns, and cities along the Beautiful Ohio in southern Indiana, will never forget the heroic achievements of WPA workmen and their leaders back in the Spring of 1937 when rampaging flood waters roared down in a swirling deluge of death, suffering and destruction....
www.searchtuna.com /ftlive2/907.html   (1570 words)

  
 Railroad Disaster in Huntington   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Huntington's dream was to found a city that would serve as the railway station connecting the east and west coasts.
Huntington "had ridden from the Guyandotte River to the Sandy, with the broad farmland bottoms between the Guyandotte and Four Pole plainly visible as the largest stretch of approximately level land unbroken by natural barriers" (29).
After catching fire in 1886, the Guyandotte Woolen Mill, locally known as "Roseberry's Mill", was never rebuilt.
webpages.marshall.edu /~mattson2/stations.htm   (1366 words)

  
 Flood Cases Finally Going to Trial; Judges Will Split Up Lawsuits According to Watershed Areas
In preliminary hearings, six major watersheds were identified Tug Fork River, Upper Guyandotte River, Upper (Middle) New River, Lower New River, Upper Kanawha River and the Coal River.
The panel decided the three largest watersheds will go to trial in 2006, beginning with the Upper Guyandotte River watershed in March 2006.
Hutchison said the panel selected those three watersheds first because they are the largest of the six, according to watershed maps, and, theoretically, they contain most of the plaintiffs.
www.ohvec.org /links/news/archive/2005/fair_use/03_04b.html   (1061 words)

  
 American Whitewater - River Reach #2387
Guyandotte River, WV Simon to R D Bailey Lake backwaters
Apparently the majority of the about 50 or so houses had their sewage dumping diectly into the culvert which then went directly into the creek.
This section of the Guyandotte mentioned above is about 25 miles below this creek so the potentcy of the sewage may dwindle by then by the time the water reaches this section.
www.americanwhitewater.org /rivers/id/2387   (249 words)

  
 Wyoming County Land Grants   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
On the Clear fork of Guyandotte river adjoining John Cook, Sr.
At the Junction of Laurel with the Clear forks of Guyandotte a branch of the Ohio Grants No. 46, p.
Partly in Wyoming on dividing ridge between Elkhorn fork and Pinnacle fork of Guyandotte River and Henry's ridge Grants No. 113, p.
members.aol.com /jlcooke2/land_grants.htm   (1010 words)

  
 hannibal.net - West Virginia digging out after flash flooding 07/10/01   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Flooding after heavy rain is routine in the region, where most homes, roads and railroad tracks are squeezed together along creeks and rivers at the bottom of narrow valleys between steep mountains.
The Guyandotte and Tug Fork rivers jumped to record levels within hours, the Guyandotte peaking Sunday at 18 feet in Pineville, passing the 1997 record of 17.7 feet.
The U.S. Geologic Survey said flooding on parts of the Guyandotte River exceeded the 100-year flood level, the estimated maximum expected in a 100-year period.
www.hannibal.net /palm_pilot/stories/071001/new_0710010018.shtml   (613 words)

  
 HUNTINGTON (W.VA.) - LoveToKnow Article on HUNTINGTON (W.VA.)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
of Charleston, W. Va., on the S. bank of the Ohio river, just below the mouth of the Guyandotte river.
It is served by the Baltimore and Ohio and the Chesapeake and Ohio railways, and by several lines of river steamboats.
The city is the seat of Marshall College (founded in 1837; a State Normal School in 1867), which in 1907-1908 had 34 instrtictors and 1100 students; and of the \Vest Virginia State Asylum for the Incurable Insane; and it has a Carnegie library aod a city hospital.
78.1911encyclopedia.org /H/HU/HUNTINGTON_W_VA_.htm   (210 words)

  
 Streamflow Conditions in West Virginia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) maintains gaging stations on many of the rivers, streams, creeks and lakes around West Virginia.
The USGS strongly cautions any users of this information to consider carefully the provisional nature of the information before using it for decisions that concern personal or public safety or the conduct of business that involves substantial monetary or operational consequences.
You should always visually inspect a river, stream or creek for yourself, prior to beginning a float trip, to determine whether current stream flow conditions are adequete and safe.
www.thetent.com /arcadia/wv/wvsf_index.htm   (260 words)

  
 Cabell County   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Boundaries: Ohio River to the north, Interstate 64 to the south, Ceredo to the west and 40th Street in Guyandotte to the east.
From the Ohio River to the railroad tracks between 7th and 8th avenues.
Interstate 64 to 21 mile marker, U.S. 60 from Guyandotte River west to Jolly Pirate Donuts, Alternate Route 10 to beyond the 4-H camp bridge.
www.herald-dispatch.com /communities/2003/cabelllistings.htm   (998 words)

  
 Map of the proposed line of Rail Road connection between tide water Virginia and the Ohio River at Guyandotte ...
Map of the proposed line of Rail Road connection between tide water Virginia and the Ohio River at Guyandotte Parkersburg and Wheeling made by W. Vaisz Top.
Title: Map of the proposed line of Rail Road connection between tide water Virginia and the Ohio River at Guyandotte, Parkersburg and Wheeling; made by W. Vaisz, Top.
Description: Map of the proposed line of Rail Road connection between tide water Virginia and the Ohio River at Guyandotte, Parkersburg and Wheeling; made by W. Vaisz, Top.
www.rainfall.com /posters/mapsrailroad/5192.htm   (327 words)

  
 Philadelphia Lawyers Summons Local Residents 1912
And also for that heretofore, to wit, on the first day of July, 1912, in the District aforesaid, the said GEORGE ESTABROOK and SABIN W. Trustees as aforesaid, were possessed in fee simple of a certain tract or parcel of land, situate in the said Counties, State and District, and bounded as follows:
BEGINNING at the most northerly corner of said tract at a beech and buckeye near Charley's Creek so-called, a branch of Mud River, which trees were marked as an original corner to one of the four Smith surveys, viz.
And being so possessed thereof, the said defendants, to with, on the second day of July 1912, entered into he said premises, and unlawfully withhold from the he plaintiffs the possession thereof, to the damage of the said plaintiffs, $5,000.
www.angelfire.com /wv/MyKin/page14.html   (748 words)

  
 HUNTINGTON - Online Information article about HUNTINGTON
river, just below the mouth of the Guyandotte river.
railways, and by several lines of river steamboats.
The city is the seat of See also:
encyclopedia.jrank.org /HOR_I25/HUNTINGTON.html   (321 words)

  
 Guyandotte River -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Guyandotte River -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
If flows generally NNW across southwestern West Virginia past Mount Gay and (Click link for more info and facts about Chapmanville) Chapmanville.
(Click link for more info and facts about List of West Virginia rivers) List of West Virginia rivers
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/g/gu/guyandotte_river.htm   (64 words)

  
 Fly Fishing West Virginia - Stream Profiles - Clear Fork of the Guyandotte River   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Fly Fishing West Virginia - Stream Profiles - Clear Fork of the Guyandotte River
The long, slow pools of Clear Fork, situated in Wyoming County, offer challenging fishing.
Reviews of the Clear Fork of the Guyandotte River.
www.flyfishingwv.com /guyan.shtml   (130 words)

  
 maps   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Ground-water hydrology of the Guyandotte River basin, West Virginia:
Floods on the Guyandotte River in the vicinity of Logan, Logan County, West Virginia:
Ground-water hydrology of the minor tributary basins of the Ohio River, West Virginia:
wv.usgs.gov /nu.nawqa/nawqinternal/webiblio/maps.html   (390 words)

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