Summers County, West Virginia Courthouse Renovation
It may look a little rough, but the Summers County, West Virginia courthouse in Hinton, constructed in 1876, will have a restored brick exterior by this summer. The Summers County...
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Mountain State Tours: Thomas
I have spent much time in the highlands of West Virginia, backpacking, photographing and exploring the wildernesses that abound the region – fromBlackwater Falls State Park to Dolly Sods and Canaan Valley, and...
Mountain State Tours: State Capitol
The West Virginia Capitol Complex is an 18-acre historic district centered along Kanawha Boulevard East in Charleston, West Virginia. The complex dates to 1925 and was listed on the National Register...
Mountain State Tours: Downtown Charleston
Charleston, West Virginia is the capital and the largest city in the Mountain State. Located at the junction of the Elk and Kanawha Rivers in Kanawha County, it has a...
Mountain State Tours: Beckley
Heading north from the deep overcast skies of Bluefield, I headed north with two friends along the West Virginia Turnpike to the “Gateway to Southern West Virginia.” Beckley, West Virginia...
Mountain State Tours: Bluefield
After leaving Hinton, West Virginia at sunset, we departed west and south to Bluefield. The town that is called the “Mile High City” due to its elevation, is located in Mercer...
Mountain State Tours: Hinton
Hinton, West Virginia is the county seat of Summers County and is located along the New River just north of its confluence with the Greenbrier River. By the time we...
Mountain State Tours: Lewisburg
Driving through the wide-open pastures, surrounded by looming mountains on both sides of the roadway and following the meandering Greenbrier River, US 219 offered a reminder from my first trip...
Mountain State Tours: Marlinton
One of the smaller county seats in West Virginia, Marlinton traces back its history to Jacob Marlin, who along with Stephen Sewell, became the first non-native settler in the valley...
Mountain State Tours: Elkins
Elkins, West Virginia, the county seat of Randolph County, is home to Davis and Elkins College and a growing tourism appeal on the western fringe of the Monongahela National Forest....