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.
Elk Lake (Oregon) For other places with the same name, see Elk Lake. Elk Lake is a natural body of water in the central Cascade Range in the U.S. state of Oregon. Nearly 4,900 feet (1,500 m) above sea level, the lake is part of a volcanic landscape about 25 miles (40 km) west-southwest of Bend along the Cascade Lakes Scenic Byway.