[Rhodes22-list] New River

[Mark Kaynor]

Paul, 

Yes, interesting. so much so that I just did some research. It would seem that the first European to record seeing the river was Colonel Abraham Wood, who sought trade with the Native Americans in 1654. Thus, the river became known as "Wood's River". 

The New River was given its current name by Peter Jefferson, the father of Thomas Jefferson, who visited the area in 1749 when he surveyed the North Carolina-Virginia boundary. 

Mark Kaynor



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul Grandholm" <paul@mi.chtechnology.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2002 12:02 PM
Subject: [Rhodes22-list] New River


The irony is interesting:  The oldest river in North America goes by the 
name of "New" River.

Paul
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>Roger,
>
>The New River is considered to be the oldest river in North America and =
one of the oldest rivers in the world. It originates in northwestern North Carolina, flows North through southwest Virginina and on into West Virginia. National Geographic did a story on it in the June, 1999 issue. 

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Paul Grandholm
C&H Technology
GrandPower Components Div.
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