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.
In 1978, the City of Elk River and the township of Elk River were consolidated to create one unit known as the City of Elk River as it exists today. The result was one of the largest land-based cities in the state of Minnesota, at 44 square miles.