Deep in the rugged interior of the Mountain State, where rivers arise as tumbling young streams, it can be easy to forget the broad waters of the Ohio. Yet the history of West Virginia is inextricably linked to that mighty river, by way of which its salt, oil, coal, and timber first reached burgeoning Midwest […]

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