7500 Kanawha State Forest Dr, Charleston, WV 25314 People often come to Harpers Ferry for its history—it ... Jefferson himself is reported to have said the river views here are “perhaps ...

to be used by Contractor Fuccey in grading the L.K.V.R.R. [Little Kanawha Valley Railroad], arrived last evening from up the river. They were landed at the George Street ferry and were unloaded ...

Photo Provided Lewis McPherson, lockmaster, is shown standing on a gate of Lock #1, a.k.a. the Viscose Lock in the Little Kanawha River, circa 1910. It was Lock #1 where the men in the story below ...