In the span of two years the old dam at Little Hocking claimed two major sternwheelers and 18 lives. As the Kanawha pulled away from Marietta on Jan. 5, 1916, Jennie Hoyt stood on her Virginia Street ...

The Summersville Lake water level is drawn down by the United States Army Corps of Engineers every 10 years to perform maintenance on the Summersville Dam. However, after the lake was drawn down later ...

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 ...