A 1990 crowd of 100,000 jammed the northbound lanes of the New River Gorge Bridge on the 10th anniversary of the first Bridge Day, the biggest annual event in New River Gorge National River.

The sport of paddleboarding, as practiced by this group preparing for a 2010 race near Fayette Station rapids, had not been conceived when the New River Gorge National River was created in 1978.

Rangers lead a group of visitors past the remains of a company store building in the abandoned coal town of Nuttalburg. The visible remnants of human occupation and industrial activity prevented the New River Gorge from becoming a national park, but its status as a National Park Service-administered national river allows visitors to learn about the canyon's history.

National Park Service Ranger David Fuerst explains the workings of a coal conveyor system, once owned by Industrialist Henry Ford, at the town site of Nuttalburg in the New River Gorge National River.