CHARLESTON, W.Va.— Long before the Ohio River existed and long before humans set foot in North America, a massive river flowed across what is now West Virginia. Known as the Teays River, the ancient waterway drained a vast portion of the Appalachian region and helped shape the Mountain State’s landscape millions of years before it disappeared during the Ice Age. Today, the river no longer appears on any map. Its waters stopped flowing hundreds o…
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