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CONDITIONS BY COUNTIES. 



Jefferson county in 1835. One of these, located at Harpers 

 Ferry, he asserts was "one of the most valuable mills in the 

 United States." 



There are 4 or 5 portable saw mills now in the county. 



Present Forest Conditions. 



At least 75 per cent of the whole county has been cleared. 

 There are some small, pastured woodlots connected with the 

 farms in the improved sections. The West Virginia side of the 

 Blue Ridge mountains is largely covered with a growth of in- 

 ferior hardwoods. There are areas of considerable extent also 

 overgrown with scrub oaks and pines near the Berkeley county 

 line. 



KANAWHA COUNTY. 



Location and Area. 



The western portion of Virginia was once embraced by 5 

 counties, namely, Montgomery, Harrison, Monongalia, Ohio 

 and Greenbrier. Kanawha county was formed from parts of 

 Greenbrier and Montgomery in the year 1789. Its location is 

 southwest of the center of the state, and its area is 872 square 

 miles or 558,080 acres. 



Topography. 



The county has a varied surface, being mountainous in the 

 east and south, hilly in other parts, with broad bottom lands 

 along the Great Kanawha river. Mountain ridges have no reg- 

 ularity of trend or elevation, steams flow in almost every di- 

 rection, and the whole area presents a varied topography dif- 

 ficult or impossible to describe accurately in detail. The lowest 

 land is found where the Great Kanawha passes into Putnam 

 county at 560 feet elevation. Little Gauley Mountains, in the 

 eastern part, have an elevation of a little more than 1,500 feet; 

 Big Knob, south of the town of Clendennin, rises to 1,487 feet; 



