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Smithburg in the early 20th century, owing to the availability of natural gas.
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began in the region in the 1860s. It peaked in
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extraction activities in the late 19th century and 20th century. An
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789:"Geographic Names Information System entry for Meathouse Fork"
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528:, where it flows through the unincorporated communities of
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Virginia Department of Environmental Protection.
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901:Ratliff, Gerald S. "Jug of Middle Island Creek."
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431:Middle Island Creek as viewed upstream from the
386:, 77 miles (124 km) long, in northwestern
52:A map of Middle Island Creek and its watershed
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1039:Kreiser, Christine M. "Doddridge County."
292:844.37 cu ft/s (23.910 m/s) (
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260:565 sq mi (1,460 km)
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1018:Kraina, Jane. "Middlebourne."
638:Be-van-Soss Creek of the Indians
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619:by the state of West Virginia.
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1073:Tributaries of the Ohio River
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737:List of West Virginia rivers
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659:Louisa River
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569:Sancho Creek
561:Indian Creek
553:Arnold Creek
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534:Sugar Valley
506:Middlebourne
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368:Indian Creek
336:Sancho Creek
332:Arnold Creek
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694:muskellunge
647:Bulls Creek
644:Be-yan-soss
641:Be-van-soss
577:McKim Creek
573:Sugar Creek
538:Union Mills
522:Falls Mills
348:McKim Creek
344:Sugar Creek
340:Gorrell Run
328:Nutter Fork
310:Tributaries
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1062:Categories
981:2007-01-26
885:2021-07-03
852:2007-02-26
794:2007-01-26
774:2007-01-26
748:References
656:By-en-soss
601:hydropower
591:known as "
482:West Union
462:confluence
437:West Union
396:Ohio River
257:Basin size
214:81°12′08″W
211:39°24′09″N
182:Ohio River
137:80°43′41″W
134:39°17′04″N
39:West Union
928:(1997).
709:rock bass
688:Fish life
605:gristmill
597:mill race
589:peninsula
546:St. Marys
502:Bridgeway
454:Smithburg
443:Geography
392:tributary
269:Discharge
194:St. Marys
113:Smithburg
953:Archived
879:Archived
731:See also
678:oil boom
478:Avondale
294:estimate
58:Location
926:DeLorme
713:sunfish
697:fishing
664:Economy
609:sawmill
593:the Jug
583:The Jug
530:Arvilla
460:by the
418:the Jug
394:of the
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518:Shiloh
514:Little
500:, and
448:Course
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249:Length
92:Source
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474:Tyler
384:river
382:is a
282:mouth
177:Mouth
73:State
1045:ISBN
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