Upper River: Elk's Origins and Beyond

Author Skip Johnson follows the Elk River from its beginning at Slatyfork, West Virginia, through six counties to its meeting with the Kanawha River at Charleston, the state capital, a distance of one hundred and seventy-two miles.  The book features fifteen color pictures of scenes along the river, including a stunning panorama of Whittaker Falls, the well-known spot at the Randolph-Webster County line located slightly over twelve miles below the start of the river.Also included are 100 black and white photos of people and places that are part of the river’s personality, including the historic church barn on upper Elk, typical mountaineer Rimfire Hamrick, wood chopping legends Paul Criss and Arden Cogar, the 1932 flood at Clendenin, and the circa 1850 chimney that gave the community of Big Chimney its name.             300 pages.

 
Upper River: Elk's Origins and Beyond
 
Upper River: Elk's Origins and Beyond
Author Skip Johnson follows the Elk River from its beginning at Slatyfork, West Virginia, through six counties to its meeting with the Kanawha River at Charleston, the state capital, a distance of one hundred and seventy-two miles.  The book features fifteen color pictures of scenes along the river, including a stunning panorama of Whittaker Falls, the well-known spot at the Randolph-Webster County line located slightly over twelve miles below the start of the river.Also included are 100 black and white photos of people and places that are part of the river’s personality, including the historic church barn on upper Elk, typical mountaineer Rimfire Hamrick, wood chopping legends Paul Criss and Arden Cogar, the 1932 flood at Clendenin, and the circa 1850 chimney that gave the community of Big Chimney its name.             300 pages.  
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