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Fishing the Mountain Streams

Fishing the Mountain Streams

May 30, 2014 |

When spring arrives and the weather begins to get warmer in the Allegheny Mountains along U.S. Route 219, many locals and visitors grab their rods and reels and begin heading to the Monongahela National Forest. Some of the best trout fishing in the region can be found here in these cool mountain streams. Fishing has […]

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Bear Tales: The Sharp Twins Part II

Bear Tales: The Sharp Twins Part II

May 29, 2014 |

  Bear hunting is a long running tradition in the mountains along US 219. It started more than 200 years ago, when the farmers began running sheep on their hill farms and the native black bear discovered a new food source. In the old days the mountains rang with the baying of dogs on a […]

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Bear Tales: The Sharp Twins

Bear Tales: The Sharp Twins

May 23, 2014 |

This is part one of a two part story, to check out part two, click here! Bear hunting is a long running tradition in the mountains along US 219. It started more than 200 years ago, when farmers began to run sheep on their hill farms and the native black bear discovered a new food […]

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Falls of Hills Creek in May

Falls of Hills Creek in May

May 19, 2014 |

Here are some photos of one of the most spectacular sights near U.S. Route 219, the Falls of Hills Creek in Pocahontas County. The falls sit just off Route 39, between Mill Point and Richwood. The Falls are an extraordinary sight in any season (including winter!), but they are literally gushing with water in the […]

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The 1892 Civil Rights Case of Coketon, West Virginia

The 1892 Civil Rights Case of Coketon, West Virginia

May 9, 2014 |

About a year ago, a new historical marker sign went up in front of the Tucker County Court House, in Parsons, West Virginia along U.S. Route 219. The sign commemorates an exceptional story in West Virginia history, when a brave African American school teacher stood up to her local school board and sued them for […]

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Farming, Love, and the Ellison Farm

Farming, Love, and the Ellison Farm

May 9, 2014 |

Judy and Warren Ellison celebrated their 70th anniversary last year. Click play to listen to the radio story, or download the story for later. 89-year-old Warren Ellison has been farming in Monroe County since he returned home from World War II. Over lunch at the Ellison farm, Traveling 219’s Roxy Todd recorded Warren talking about […]

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Hamlin Chapel

Hamlin Chapel

May 7, 2014 |

This old Methodist log chapel was built in 1835 on Stoney Creek in Pocahontas County.   To view more photos from the road, click here!  

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Droop Mountain Lookout Tower

Droop Mountain Lookout Tower

May 6, 2014 |

A clear, beautiful day at Droop Mountain Battlefield State Park. For more of our instagram photos along U.S. Rt. 219, click here.  

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Greenbrier River Trail

Greenbrier River Trail

May 5, 2014 |

The Greenbrier River Trail (GRT) runs 78 miles along former tracks of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad. From North Calwell (3 miles east of U.S. Route 219 in Lewisburg) the trail follows the scenic Greenbrier River through Greenbrier and Pocahontas Counties to Cass. The GRT is maintained as a part of the West Virginia State […]

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Rock Run

Rock Run

May 5, 2014 |

In Watoga State Park. To view more from our instagram photo series, click here!  

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