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Randolph County, the annual mean flow of the river between 1915 and 2005 was 358 ft/s (10 m/s). The highest recorded flow during the period was 19,900 ft/s (564 m/s) on May 17, 1996. Readings of zero were recorded for several months during autumn of the years 1930 and 1953.
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Kentucky and guided numerous immigrant settlers into the main valley of the Tygart which at that time abounded in game and fertile bottomlands. Settlers of the 1770s and '80s included the Connelly, Hadden, Jackson, Nelson, Riffle, Stalnaker, Warwick, Westfall, Whiteman and Wilson
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History of Barbour County, From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time, The Acme Publishing Company, Morgantown, W.Va. (Reprinted, McClain Printing Company, Parsons, W.Va., 1968)
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discovered the Files cabin and killed seven members of the family. One son escaped and alerted the Tygart family, allowing all to escape. No other white settlement was attempted in present
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Map of the
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The brothers John and Samuel
Pringle, who had taken up residence along the
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Grafton, the river was impounded by a
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Adkins, Howard G. (2006). "Allegheny Mountains". In Ken Sullivan (ed.).
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Rice, Donald L. (2006). "Tygart Valley River". In Ken Sullivan (ed.).
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in that immediate area, that summer a party of Indians traveling the
898:. Charleston, W.Va.: West Virginia Humanities Council. p. 721.
992:. Charleston, W.Va.: West Virginia Humanities Council. p. 10.
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863:source coordinates. Retrieved on March 12, 2007.
555:(its largest tributary) in Barbour County; and
626:(for whom the valley and river are named) and
424:in the United States. Via the Monongahela and
329:2,855.07 cu ft/s (80.847 m/s) (
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44:The Tygart Valley River at the mouth of the
1109:Rice, Otis K. and Stephen W. Brown (1993).
662:families. (One settler, John Jackson from
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48:(just above center). Photo taken along the
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297:1,329 sq mi (3,440 km)
27:River in West Virginia, United States
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1635:Tributaries of the Monongahela River
653:tributary of the Tygart (in present
543:Along its course the river collects
967:. 1997. pp. 25–26, 36–37, 47.
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834:Geographic Names Information System
703:Geographic Names Information System
1153:Hamilton, Carolyn Fortney (2004).
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937:from the original on 2021-07-03
802:List of rivers of West Virginia
588:United States Geological Survey
1267:Roaring Plains West Wilderness
990:The West Virginia Encyclopedia
896:The West Virginia Encyclopedia
238: • coordinates
161: • coordinates
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1161:: TVR Press, Headline Books.
129:Physical characteristics
1257:Laurel Fork South Wilderness
1252:Laurel Fork North Wilderness
565:U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
480:counties, past the towns of
277: • elevation
204:4,540 ft (1,380 m)
200: • elevation
1650:Monongahela National Forest
1207:Monongahela National Forest
1065:Ward, S. M.; G. R. Crosby.
693:Variant names and spellings
666:, was great-grandfather to
664:County Londonderry, Ireland
388:The Tygart Valley River in
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149: • location
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1573:Fernow Experimental Forest
1444:South Branch Potomac River
879:, accessed August 15, 2011
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1214:National Recreation Areas
1159:Terra Alta, West Virginia
1043:"Valley Falls State Park"
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1630:Rivers of West Virginia
1583:Highland Scenic Highway
1298:Back Allegheny Mountain
1075:Monongahela River Basin
576:Valley Falls State Park
356: • left
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1262:Otter Creek Wilderness
1129:Parsons, West Virginia
1123:Carnes, Eva Margaret,
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1281:Mountains and summits
1247:Dolly Sods Wilderness
784:Tygharts Valley River
753:Tygart's Valley River
683:Battle of Laurel Hill
520:, where it joins the
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260:39.46500°N 80.15306°W
183:38.46833°N 79.98083°W
154:Pocahontas County, WV
1272:Spice Run Wilderness
1242:Cranberry Wilderness
1237:Big Draft Wilderness
1094:Maxwell, Hu (1899).
781:Tygerts Valley River
759:Tygarts-Valley River
756:Tygarts Valley River
725:Tigarts Valley River
408:— also known as the
1640:Allegheny Mountains
1558:Bear Rocks Preserve
1468:Canyons and valleys
1454:Tygart Valley River
1343:North Fork Mountain
1098:. pp. 180–181.
775:Tygers Valley River
744:Tygars Valley River
734:Tigris Valley River
731:Tigert Valley River
728:Tigers Valley River
716:Tagret Valley River
458:Allegheny Mountains
438:Allegheny Mountains
406:Tygart Valley River
342:Basin features
265:39.46500; -80.15306
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142:Allegheny Mountains
33:Tygart Valley River
1530:Observation towers
1338:Mount Porte Crayon
1293:Allegheny Mountain
769:Tyger Valley River
722:Tigar Valley River
679:Battle of Philippi
675:American Civil War
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1568:Cheat Summit Fort
1490:Smoke Hole Canyon
1475:Blackwater Canyon
1377:Rivers and creeks
1303:Backbone Mountain
1168:978-0-929915-32-6
963:. Yarmouth, Me.:
931:watersgeo.epa.gov
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719:Tigar Valley Fork
549:Middle Fork River
526:Monongahela River
462:Pocahontas County
446:Allegheny Plateau
434:Mississippi River
418:Monongahela River
412:— is a principal
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