2025年1月11日 · Ice and snow lay thick at the Allegheny Front at Dolly Sods in West Virginia. (Photo courtesy J. Richie Photography) Polar Vortex of 2014; This January–March 2014 cold wave brought life-threatening cold to much of the Midwest and eastern U.S., including West Virginia. Temperatures plummeted, with readings near or below -20°F in many parts of West Virginia, compounded by severe wind chills.

2024年11月19日 · Home to its first capital, Wheeling, the panhandle's origins date back to the 1700s and a contentious boundary dispute between Virginia and Pennsylvania that helped shape the history of the U.S. David Sibray visits the monument that marks the southern end of the northern panhandle and the Ellicott Line near Littleton, West Virginia. According to Weirton-based historian Paul Zuros, both ...

2024年10月21日 · BERKELEY SPRINGS, W.Va. — Something about a castle evokes thoughts of murder, mayhem, and mystery. Perhaps it’s the architecture—the stonework and castellated towers. Secrets seem to surround these structures. Berkeley Castle in West Virginia is …

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2024年11月9日 · Canyon Rim Visitor Center / New River Gorge Bridge A boardwalk leads visitors from the Canyon Rim Visitor Center to views of the New River Gorge Bridge.. Seated at the edge of the New River Gorge, the Canyon Rim Visitor Center overlooks the gorge at one of its most scenic locales. It includes a boardwalk and stairway to …

2024年1月14日 · 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 assumptions about West Virginia and Appalachian culture ...

West Virginia mountains and mountain ranges define the Mountain State. Photo courtesy Rick Burgess.. Some say that if all the mountains in the Mountain State were flattened, West Virginia would be as large as Texas.

2025年1月4日 · HINTON, W.Va. — The tale of Mary Draper Ingles—of her escape from Shawnee captors and her return through the mountains—is the ideal American frontier story in many senses. It's a tale of endurance and indomitable spirit. And, because her adventures led through the valley of the New River, it has a unique appeal to residents of the Virginias.

2 天之前 · West Virginia, seen here at the New River Gorge, is often rated one of the safest U.S. states in which to travel and vacation.. Our West Virginia Travel Guide includes everything you'll need to arrange a West Virginia vacation in a matter of minutes. West Virginia Explorer is, in effect, a travel guide of many thousands of pages, but here we've consolidated information to …

John Henry and Big Bend Tunnel. Big Bend Tunnel is a decommissioned tunnel on the mainline of the CSX Corporation's rail line through southern West Virginia west of Talcott, West Virginia. According to legend, folk hero John Henry was killed in a contest with a steam-drill during construction of the tunnel through Big Bend Mountain. Big Bend Tunnel is located near Talcott approximately 10 ...