A rainy Christmas parade was held in Marlinton this past Friday, December 6, but lots of folks around Pocahontas County still made it out to enjoy the bands, floats, firetrucks, treats, and craft show at the opera house. Traveling 219 made it out to record the sounds of the night, and put together this audio […]
Pocahontas County artist Molly Must’s mural on First Avenue in Marlinton, inspired by the writing of local writers G D and Louise McNeill, has become a local landmark. For the past few months Molly has been working on a mural depicting the impact of the Civil War on the local community of Pocahontas County. Inspired […]
This week, a fire started on the main street in Marlinton. It persisted for days, leaving numerous families without a home and affecting several businesses. Many groups are working to help those affected by this tragedy. For more information and to follow news regarding this story, please follow Allegheny Mountain Radio and Go Marlinton on […]
This article is by guest contributor Jeffrey Kanode: Caressed all around by the eternal arms of soft blue Allegheny Mountains, with lush green farmland surrounding it from every direction, Lewisburg is a farmer’s town. With aging hippies from New York and New England operating their avant-garde art studios, health food stores, and organic food restaurants, […]
Most West Virginians and Marylanders aren’t aware they share one of the most famously contested state borders in the country. If you’re driving along US Route 219 in Tucker Co, West Virginia, near the Maryland line, you’re bound to pass by the turnoff for the Fairfax Stone Historical Monument State Park, which lies at the […]
On Wednesday November 6, 2013 a monument was dedicated to the soldiers killed in action at the Battle of Droop Mountain in 1863, during the Civil War. The monument was part of the sesquicentennial events held at the park, which included a 27 mile hike following the route of Confederate Soldiers from Lewisburg, W. Va. […]
Last week, while archivists at the Greenbrier Historical Society and North House Museum were sorting through one of the collection boxes, this coin was uncovered. The coin, along with seven other similar coins all with differentiating values, has the archivists at the North House Museum wanting to learn more, and they are looking for your […]
The Punch Jones diamond is a 34.46 carat diamond, named after the boy who discovered it in 1928 while he and his father were pitching horseshoes at their home outside Peterstown, WV. For most of its course through West Virginia, US 219 borders rivers and creeks— The North Fork of the Blackwater, The Shavers Fork […]
The third week in September is normally the peak season for broad-winged hawks to migrate through West Virginia. Hundreds of volunteers will also travel to Hanging Rock Raptor Observatory in Monroe County to help count the migrating hawks, eagles and falcons. Rodney Davis, a retired heavy equipment operator from Sinks Grove, is one of the […]
Eighteen miles south of Elkins, in Randolph County, lies the town of Huttonsville. Huttonsville sits in the Tygart Valley, where the historic Route 250–the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike–and route 219 meet. “The town of Huttonsville was named in honor of the Hutton family. Before the war the village was the educational center of the county. Until the […]
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