318 CONDITIONS BY COUNTIES. 



ing their supply of rough material, largely, from poijits iar 

 removed from this once tinely timbered region. 



WYOMING COUNTY. 



Location and Area. 



Wyoming county, formed in 1850 from Logan county, has 

 an area of 526 square miles or 336,640 acres. It lies north of 

 McDowell, the southernmost county of West Virginia, and is 

 joined on its other sides by the counties of Mingo, Logan, Boone, 

 Raleigh and Mercer. 



Topography. 



The 1,000 foot contour line extends into the county for a 

 short distance, only, along the low ground where the Guyandot 

 river flows out. From this point the upward slope of the land 

 surface is toward the east and northeast where the dividing 

 ridges which separate the waters of the Guyandot from those of 

 the Great Kanawha rise to an elevation of 3,000 feet or more. 

 The northern boundary line of the county crosses Ivy knob at 

 3,693 feet. Although this county lies within the Alleghany Pla- 

 teau and derives its name from an Indian term signifying a 

 plain, the surface is so deeply dissected and broken in all di- 

 rections that it bears but little resemblance either to a plateau 

 or to a plain. 



The Guyandot river drains the whole area of the county. 

 Its principal tributaries are Clear fork, with its Toney and 

 Laurel branches, Indian and Pinnacle creeks which drain the 

 southern part, and Big Huff creek which drains the northwest- 

 em corner of the county. Above the ''Roughs" at the southern 

 end of Huff mountain the Guyandot flows between narrow banks 

 and with a moderate fall. Clear fork has wider bottoms and 

 flows less swiftly than the main stream. 



Former Timber Conditions. 



Poplar, oak, hemlock and chestnut once grew in great 

 abundance in Wyoming county. Besides these there were small- 

 er quantities of ash, basswood, black walnut, cucumber, maple, 



