Home Tale of historic tragedy haunts the hills of northern Putnam County Detail of Eighteenmile Creek Watershed

Detail of Eighteenmile Creek Watershed

Bridge over Eighteenmile Creek at Extra, WV

The cave in which Charles Green and Alexander Harrison were killed opened somewhere along the course of Eighteenmile Creek. From Google Earth images.

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