Subject: tinypass

The Fairfax Stone and West Virginia v. Maryland

The Fairfax Stone and West Virginia v. Maryland

November 8, 2013 |

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 […]

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Droop Battlefield State Park Monument Dedication

Droop Battlefield State Park Monument Dedication

November 7, 2013 |

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. […]

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The Case of the Mystery Coin

The Case of the Mystery Coin

November 6, 2013 |

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 […]

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Help Us Tell The Story of the Pink Cone

Help Us Tell The Story of the Pink Cone

November 1, 2013 |

Can you help the Traveling 219 Project tell the story of the pink cone of Pocahontas County, which sits just off US 219 on Elk Mountain? When it was first built more than 75 years ago, it was an ice cream stand, located on the corner of 4th Ave. and Main Street in Marlinton, where […]

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The Punch Jones Diamond

The Punch Jones Diamond

October 7, 2013 |

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 […]

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Hanging Rock Raptor Observatory

Hanging Rock Raptor Observatory

September 30, 2013 |

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 […]

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The Hutton House

The Hutton House

September 20, 2013 |

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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Nature Train to the Ghost Town of Spruce

Nature Train to the Ghost Town of Spruce

September 13, 2013 |

After two years of forest restoration work on top of Cheat Mountain, a new tourist train is climbing the old logging tracks to the old ghost town of Spruce, which sits nearly 4,000 feet above sea level. The forests here are returning after decades of timber and coal extraction that nearly devastated the rare boreal […]

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The Mill Point Prison

The Mill Point Prison

August 22, 2013 |

Ed and Agnes-Hannah Friel spent part of their childhoods around the Mill Point Federal Prison camp, where both had parents working as federal prison officers and they met as children. The Mill Point Federal Prison camp was opened in 1938 for low level federal prisoners and work was immediately begun on construction of the road […]

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Tunes and Tales: Old Time and Bluegrass Musicians of Pocahontas County

Tunes and Tales: Old Time and Bluegrass Musicians of Pocahontas County

July 30, 2013 |

  Each Sunday in August, local musicians Mike Bing, Bill and Richard Hefner, and Jake Krack will be giving talks about the native music and musicians of Pocahontas County that inspired them. “Tunes and Tales” is a new series hosted by the CVB and local radio personality and banjo player, Caleb Diller. When Caleb was […]

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