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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PUA_town-of-clendenin_Clendenin-WV.html
Area at confluence of Elk and Big Sandy rivers settled late 1700s; town laid out 1877 by W. Chilton; Incorp. May 1904; L. V. Koontz first mayor. Main industries: timber, coal, oil, gas, and railroad, after 1893. South, at Falling Rock Creek, was f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY25_petrochemical-plant_Clendenin-WV.html
In 1920, Union Carbide built first plant for the production of synthetic organic chemicals from natural gas on a site directly across Elk River. From this nucleus grew the nation's giant petrochemical industry, employer of thousands.