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Little Kanawha River (W. Va.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Henderson and Tomlinson Families Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1426
Overview Microfilm copy of the papers of the Henderson and Tomlinson families of Wood County, West Virginia, from 1789 to 1859. Materials relate to frontier life in the Parkersburg-Marietta area, and include Alexander Henderson's journal about his settlement on the Little Kanawha River, 1798-1803; his plantation accounts; letters on the Burr conspiracy; and an account of a duel between Henderson and Stephen R. Wilson in 1803. Also includes several items related to Marine Corps Commandant Archibald...
Dates: 1789-1859

John P. Clarke (1825-1900) Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1511
Overview Correspondence, business and legal papers, surveys, account books, and a diary of a Burning Springs surveyor, oil developer, rural entrepreneur, horticulturalist, and captain of the Little Kanawha River steamer GENERAL JACKSON. Collection includes a brief journal of a trip from Des Moines, Iowa, to the Forks of the Platte in 1860; papers of Clarke's venture in quartz mining and milling in the Colorado Territory, 1861-1863; surveys of the Burning Springs oil region; letters from James C....
Dates: 1851-1900

John R. Lynch Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0764
Overview

Papers of a resident of Glenville include a notebook containing measurements of lumber, a memo book of logs sold, a tally book of rafts floated down the Little Kanawha River, a stock certificate in the Gilmer County Fair Association, and West Virginia Department of Agriculture statistics for 1920.

Dates: 1856, 1908-1924

Marshall, Ohio, and Wood Counties Legislative Petitions

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Collection Number: A&M 3048
Overview

Petitions from northwestern counties to the Virginia State legislature for internal improvements, namely turnpikes, railroads and river navigation claims. Mention is made of the Ohio River, Little Kanawha River, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad and the Northwestern Turnpike.

Dates: 1846-1854

West Virginia Conservation Commission, Fish Hatchery Blueprint

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2784
Overview

Blueprint of the West Virginia Conservation Commission fish hatchery on Little Kanawha River at Palestine, West Virginia. (July 1937; H.W. Shawhan, Director of Conservation, Charleston, WV; 35 in. x 29 in.; scale: 1 in. = 100 ft.)

Dates: 1937