Recently the entire Second Creek Watershed was designated an historic watershed by the state of West Virginia.
Among officials in Ottawa, 2,000 miles away, the "division" has been hailed as a historic watershed.
These include aspen, Douglas fir, and spruce fir, comprising about 20% of the historic watershed.
But recently, a coalition of federal, state, and local groups - led by descendants of the founders of the original community - have been working to restore the historic watershed.
The historic watershed can be viewed in the Thompson and West 1876 maps.
A Bharatiya Janata victory, or a result that brought it close enough to be able to build a majority, would be a historic watershed for India.
We are living through a historic watershed in human history.
"Make no mistake about it, this bill is a historic watershed," said Senator Bob Packwood, Republican of Oregon.
We are, in fact, facing an historic watershed, an unprecedented opportunity, because the present climate, this combination of circumstances, is exceptional.
Ridgelines of this historic watershed defined the wagon train routes first used by Oregon Trail Emigrants.