Gauley Bridge is a town in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 614 at the 2010 census. The Kanawha River is formed at Gauley...
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New River (Kanawha River tributary) (redirect from New River (West Virginia))
Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia before joining with the Gauley River to form the Kanawha River at the town of Gauley Bridge, West Virginia. Part of...
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The Gauley River is a 105-mile-long (169 km) river in West Virginia. It merges with the New River to form the Kanawha River, a tributary of the Ohio River...
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Gauley Bridge Railroad Station is a historic railroad station in Gauley Bridge, West Virginia. The station was constructed on a Kanawha and Michigan Railroad...
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Gauley may refer to: Gauley Artillery, American Civil War unit in West Virginia Gauley Bridge, West Virginia, town in West Virginia Gauley Bridge station...
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Hawks Nest Tunnel disaster (category African-American history of West Virginia)
the result of the construction of the Hawks Nest Tunnel near Gauley Bridge, West Virginia, as part of a hydroelectric project. This project is considered...
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at U.S. Route 60 and West Virginia Route 16 in Gauley Bridge. The eastern terminus is at the Virginia state line four miles (6.4 km) east of Minnehaha...
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West Virginia is a state located in the Southern United States. There are 232 municipalities. Largest municipalities in West Virginia by population Charleston...
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became strategic for both Union and Confederate efforts. Nearby Gauley Bridge, a covered bridge carrying the James River and Kanawha Turnpike, was taken and...
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West Virginia is a landlocked state in the Southern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. It is bordered by Pennsylvania to the north and east...
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silicosis due to the construction of the Hawk's Nest Tunnel near Gauley Bridge, West Virginia, caused the death of at least 400 workers. Other accounts place...
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Elementary School Fayetteville Elementary School Gatewood Elementary School Gauley Bridge Elementary Mount Hope Elementary Oak Hill Elementary Oak Hill East End...
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County, West Virginia, United States. Kanawha Falls is located on the east bank of the Kanawha River, 2 miles (3.2 km) southwest of Gauley Bridge and 0...
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African-American photographer that includes the Gauley Mountain Coal Company startup timeframe West Virginia Coal Mines site Chicago Dragoons New River Gorge...
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Weston and Gauley Bridge Turnpike is a segment of a historic turnpike and hiking trail located at Burnsville, Braxton County, West Virginia. It is a 10...
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Operations 1861-1864. Gauley Bridge: Cotton Hill Publications Humphreys, Milton W. Military Operations 1861-1864. Gauley Bridge: Cotton Hill Publications...
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(east) Summers County (southeast) Raleigh County (south) Kanawha County (west) Gauley River National Recreation Area (part) New River Gorge National Park and...
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miners drowned. 1927–1932: Hawks Nest Tunnel Disaster, near Gauley Bridge, West Virginia, United States. Over several years, 476 workers died from silicosis...
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about 2,000 more. 1927–1932: Hawks Nest Tunnel Disaster, near Gauley Bridge, West Virginia, United States. Over several years, 476 workers died from silicosis...
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disaster, also known as the Gauley Tunnel Tragedy, in which predominately poor, migrant mine workers in Gauley Bridge, West Virginia succumbed to death caused...
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Appalachian Mountains (category Mountain ranges of West Virginia)
valleys. Curiously, it is associated with oaks in Virginia. The balsam fir of Virginia and West Virginia is thought by some to be a natural hybrid between...
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Hubert Skidmore (category Novelists from West Virginia)
social protest novel Hawk's Nest, an account of the disaster at Gauley Bridge, West Virginia during the Great Depression. Skidmore's novels divide into three...
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The Gauley Subdivision is a railroad line owned by CSX Transportation in the U.S. states of West Virginia and Virginia. It was formerly part of the CSX...
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and Gauley Bridge Turnpike connected the Staunton and Parkersburg Turnpike to the James River and Kanawha Turnpike, via Sutton. A suspension bridge was...
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Mexico City, Mexico 476–1,000 1931 Hawks Nest Tunnel Disaster Gauley Bridge, West Virginia, United States 458 9 November 1963 Mitsui Miike Coal Mine disaster...
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Route 16, 3.5 miles (5.6 km) southeast of Gauley Bridge. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Chimney Corner, West Virginia v t e...
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and the long poem Mediterranean. Rukeyser famously traveled to Gauley Bridge, West Virginia with the filmmaker and photographer Nancy Naumburg, to investigate...
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U.S. state of West Virginia. Many of the state's subterranean waterfalls far exceed the surface falls in height. List of West Virginia-related topics...
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community in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States. Alta is located on state routes 16 and 39, north of Gauley Bridge. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic...
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state of West Virginia is a major north–south Interstate Highway. It extends for 187.21 miles (301.29 km) between Bluefield at the Virginia state line...
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