Pedal-train excursion leads tourists into remote central W.Va.
WEBAug 9, 2018 · A new pedal-train excursion that leads tourists along a glittering trout stream and deep into the mountains of central West Virginia has attracted more than 1,200 guests from 20 states in the last 30 days, according to spokesmen for the venue. "Most of what we're seeing so far is from word-of-mouth or from Facebook," conductor Bruce Gill said ...
Mountains and Mountain Ranges - West Virginia Explorer
WEBCertainly most of the state is mountainous, with the exception of a few broad river valleys, such as that of Ohio River, the lower Kanawha River, and South Branch of the Potomac River. West Virginia lies entirely within the Appalachian Mountains. Though many of its lesser mountains might be termed "hills," more mountain land exists per square ...
Ted Fauster: Meet the top five monsters from the West Virginia hills
WEBJan 13, 2022 · No. 5: The Grafton Monster. The Grafton Monster may still wander lonely among the hills of lower Tygart Valley. (Illustration by Ted Fauster) Formerly a railroad boomtown, Grafton, West Virginia, today seems somewhat an anomaly -- a village of big-city architecture locked in a territory of small farms and dense woodlands.
Shady Spring, West Virginia - West Virginia Explorer
WEBShady Spring, WV (West Virginia), is an unincorporated community in Raleigh County named for a spring that bubbled beneath the shade of a large tree there. It is also sometimes designated "Shady Springs." Its population in 2010 was 2,998. The community is chiefly residential and is renowned for its climate and access to outdoor recreation.
Plum Orchard Lake Wildlife Management Area - WV Explorer
WEBKayakers glide across the lake at Plum Orchard Lake Wildlife Management Area (WMA) near Pax and Oak Hill, WV. The 3,201-acre Plum Orchard Lake Wildlife Management Area ranges across a forest of oak and hickory in a wide cove between Packs and Haystack mountains in western Fayette County.The area is a drive of approximately eight miles …
The word "hillbilly" was once a term of endearment in Appalachia
WEBJan 14, 2024 · The former publisher of the West Virginia Hillbilly newspaper, the late Jim Comstock, believed that residents of the valleys in southern Appalachia first used the term to describe their neighbors in the mountains, though they meant no ill intent.. Comstock cherished the term "hillbilly" and had attempted to set the record straight on many …
New River Gorge National Park and Preserve - WV Explorer
WEBNew River from Thunder Buttress. The New River Gorge National Park and Preserve protects the New River Gorge and more than 72,000 acres of the valley of the New River in southern West Virginia.. The national river includes part of the New River Gorge, near Ansted and Fayetteville and relatively remote sections of the valley of the New River …
Charleston, West Virginia - West Virginia Explorer
WEBThe statehouse dome rises along the Kanawha in Charleston, West Virginia.Photo courtesy Rick Burgess.. Charleston, West Virginia (WV), is the seat of Kanawha County and capital of West Virginia.Located along the Kanawha River at its junction with the Elk, Charleston was chartered in 1794 as "Charles Town" and named by town founder George …
Fallout 76 - West Virginia Explorer
WEBFallout 76. The Greenbrier appears in Fallout 76. Fallout 76 is a role-playing video game played out in West Virginia, though in an alternate timeline in which much of the world had been annihilated by nuclear war. Many locales in the game are based on real-world locations in West Virginia, which has been renamed "Appalachia" in the game.
West Virginia Capitol - West Virginia Explorer
WEBLinsly Insitute, First W.Va. Capitol. The present capitol building is the fifth raised since West Virginia became a U.S. state. The Legislature first met at the Linsly Military Institute, built in 1859 in Wheeling, West Virginia.Wheeling was then the largest city in West Virginia and a western rival to Richmond, Virginia, long the location of the capitol of the Commonwealth …
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