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Mountains at Crany, West Virginia

Sibray visits the remote grave of Captain Ralph Stewart near Oceana, West Virginia.

Mountain rise more than 2,000 feet above Crany, West Virginia, in Wyoming County, on an 1891 topo map.

Grave of Captain Ralph Stewart in Wyoming County

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