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Before Fayetteville became an adventure town, it helped change modern warfare

The first documented use of indirect artillery fire in modern warfare is credited to an 18-year-old Confederate gunner on a wooded hillside above today’s New River Gorge. FAYETTEVILLE, W.Va. — Every year, hundreds of thousands of visitors arrive in Fayetteville to climb cliffs, ride bikes, raft the New River, and explore the forests surrounding the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve. Few realize they are also walking across one of the mo…
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West Virginia Explorer broke the news on Sunday, July 19, 2026.
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