Grade Horses. Grade horses. Image Credit: Paul Souders / Getty Images Grade horsesâhorses of no particular or known breeding are the eighth most popular horse voted on by About.com Horses readers. Most of us who have been riding for awhile will have a favorite grade horse in our histories. I began riding on my motherâs grade gelding Manitou.
Elk River (West Virginia) The Elk River is a tributary of the Kanawha River, 172 miles (277 km) long, in central West Virginia in the United States. Via the Kanawha and Ohio rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River.
These early settlers typically came from New England. Elk River's population continued to grow following a slow period caused by the civil war. The majority of people moving to Elk River by that time were from Northern Europe. By 1870, Elk River swelled to a population of 2,050 and became the county seat in 1872.