Gamble Run

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Gamble Run is a stream in the U.S. state of West Virginia.^[1]

Gamble Run was named after John Gamble, a pioneer settler.^[2] John Gamble was murdered on this stream in 1850 after visiting a friends house.^[3]

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Gamble Run
↑ Kenny, Hamill (1945). West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains. Piedmont, WV: The Place Name Press. p. 259.
↑ https://www.us-data.org/wv/wetzel/history/mceldowney/46-the-ghost-of-gambles-run.txt ^{[ bare URL plain text file ]}

39°35′32″N80°54′33″W / 39.59222°N 80.90917°W / 39.59222; -80.90917

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[1] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Gamble Run

[2] Kenny, Hamill (1945). West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains. Piedmont, WV: The Place Name Press. p. 259.

[3] ttps://www.us-data.org/wv/wetzel/history/mceldowney/46-the-ghost-of-gambles-run.txt ^{[ bare URL plain text file ]}

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Gamble Run

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