West Virginia author W. E. Blackhurst used "bateau" in his books of Pocahontas County and the Greenbrier River.
The Battle of Cheat Mountain, also known as the Battle of Cheat Summit Fort, took place from September 12 to 15, 1861, in Pocahontas County and Randolph County, Virginia (now West Virginia) as part of the Western Virginia Campaign during the American Civil War.
Knapp Creek in Pocahontas County, West Virginia is home to a population known colloquially as the Knapp Creek Candy Darter.
The St. Lawrence Boom and Lumber Company is one of the "central backdrops" to the plot of Pocahontas County author W. E. Blackhurst book, "Riders of the Flood." Every September the town of Ronceverte holds an outdoor drama of Riders of the Flood just belowstream the location of the mill company.
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Colonel Clay recognized the natural resources in the large stands of virgin white pine and red spruce in Pocahontas County, which today involves enormous portions of the Monongahela National Forest.
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Storage was needed for the millions of logs cut from Pocahontas and upper Greenbrier counties.
Woodrow, Pocahontas County, West Virginia, an unincorporated community in Pocahontas County
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Institute (German for 'Good health!') is a project founded by Dr. Hunter "Patch" Adams in 1971, located outside of Hillsboro in Pocahontas County, West Virginia.
It then ascended the River to the vicinity of Hillsboro and Droop Mountain and made its way through present Pocahontas County by way of future Marlinton, Indian Draft Run, and Edray.