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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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was doing in
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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The
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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in that immediate area, that summer a party of Indians traveling the
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887:. Charleston, W.Va.: West Virginia Humanities Council. p. 721.
981:. Charleston, W.Va.: West Virginia Humanities Council. p. 10.
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West Virginia's Lower Tygart Valley River: People and Places
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Several minor actions occurred in the Valley during the
1056:"Water Resources Data, West Virginia, Water Year 2005"
453:and flows generally north-northwestwardly through
1210:Spruce Knob–Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area
567:is along the river between Grafton and Fairmont.
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852:source coordinates. Retrieved on March 12, 2007.
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33:The Tygart Valley River at the mouth of the
1098:Rice, Otis K. and Stephen W. Brown (1993).
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916:"Watershed Report: Tygart Valley River"
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16:River in West Virginia, United States
1624:Tributaries of the Monongahela River
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532:Along its course the river collects
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791:List of rivers of West Virginia
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885:The West Virginia Encyclopedia
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227: • coordinates
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118:Physical characteristics
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1639:Monongahela National Forest
1196:Monongahela National Forest
1054:Ward, S. M.; G. R. Crosby.
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655:, was great-grandfather to
653:County Londonderry, Ireland
377:The Tygart Valley River in
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1287:Back Allegheny Mountain
1064:Monongahela River Basin
565:Valley Falls State Park
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1251:Otter Creek Wilderness
1118:Parsons, West Virginia
1112:Carnes, Eva Margaret,
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1236:Dolly Sods Wilderness
773:Tygharts Valley River
742:Tygart's Valley River
672:Battle of Laurel Hill
509:, where it joins the
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249:39.46500°N 80.15306°W
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143:Pocahontas County, WV
1261:Spice Run Wilderness
1231:Cranberry Wilderness
1226:Big Draft Wilderness
1083:Maxwell, Hu (1899).
770:Tygerts Valley River
748:Tygarts-Valley River
745:Tygarts Valley River
714:Tigarts Valley River
397:— also known as the
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1547:Bear Rocks Preserve
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1443:Tygart Valley River
1332:North Fork Mountain
1087:. pp. 180–181.
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733:Tygars Valley River
723:Tigris Valley River
720:Tigert Valley River
717:Tigers Valley River
705:Tagret Valley River
447:Allegheny Mountains
427:Allegheny Mountains
395:Tygart Valley River
331:Basin features
254:39.46500; -80.15306
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131:Allegheny Mountains
22:Tygart Valley River
1519:Observation towers
1327:Mount Porte Crayon
1282:Allegheny Mountain
758:Tyger Valley River
711:Tigar Valley River
668:Battle of Philippi
664:American Civil War
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1557:Cheat Summit Fort
1479:Smoke Hole Canyon
1464:Blackwater Canyon
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1292:Backbone Mountain
1157:978-0-929915-32-6
952:. Yarmouth, Me.:
920:watersgeo.epa.gov
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538:Middle Fork River
515:Monongahela River
451:Pocahontas County
435:Allegheny Plateau
423:Mississippi River
407:Monongahela River
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