The first reference to sediments deposited in Lake Monongahela was included in a paper read before the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Minneapolis by I. C. White in 1883. This talk was published as a short article in the West Virginia University catalog for that year and in the short-lived, but historically very important, journal “The Virginias” (37). In this article, White discussed the theory advanced by G. F. Wright of Oberlin, Ohio (March 7, 1883) in which a glacial dam at Cincinnati was postulated as being responsible for damming of the old Teays River and tributaries. Dr. White elaborated upon the “trash” he had noticed at various elevations along the Monongahela River and suggested that this could also have resulted from the same occurrence. His discussion of the deposits included mention of terrace deposits, including stratified silts, clays, boulder beds and other sediments found at the junction of streams all along the Monongahela, especially those beginning at 100 to 150 feet above the present elevation of the river.