Excerpt from History of the Great Kanawha Valley, Vol. 1: With Family History and Biographical Sketches, a Statement of Its Natural Resources, Industrial Growth and Commercial Advantages Pioneer history does nott repeat itself. Our country - and especially our great western trans-allegheny country - has but recently passed through, and is hardly yet entirely emerged, in the far west, from a period of intensely active, exciting and eventful history, which can never be repeated. The discovery, exploration, conquest, settlement and civiliza tion of a continent, once accomplished in this-age, is done for all time; there are no more continents to discover; no more worlds to conquer. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Excerpt from History of the Great Kanawha Valley, Vol. 2: With Family History and Biographical Sketches, a Statement of Its Natural Resources, Industrial Growth and Commercial Advantages; Illustrated Titles Their Beauty and Descriptive Char acter - Weary Journey of Two Escaped Wo men Up the Ohio and Kanawha on Foot Notable Historic Spots and Events The Burning Spring - First Natural Gas in the Valley Features of the Country. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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