Before the coming of the railroad and the whitewater rafting industry, commerce along the New River was
carried by long, flat-bottomed boats called batteaux. The New River has always been an important travel
corridor through the rugged Appalachian . . . — — Map (db m179213) HM
Born 1909 in Summers County, she
learned to fly airplanes in 1933.
One of few women instructors in the
pre-WWII Civilian Flight Training
Program, during the war she was in
Women Airforce Service Pilots and a
Pentagon cryptologist. In 1946, . . . — — Map (db m179189) HM
Sandstone Visitor Center was constructed in 2003 to provide knowledge and information, inspiring a personal connection for visitors to New River Gorge National River and to our national park system. The site of the visitor center is an important . . . — — Map (db m100021) HM
William Richmond Homeplace. Near here was homestead of William Richmond (1752-1850). A veteran of he Revolution, he came here in 1799 likely as the first permanent white settler. The prolific family operated a ferry across the New River for . . . — — Map (db m229268) HM
