Huntersville is showing off and everyone’s invited!  Jeannie Dunham, one of the co-chairpersons, along with Terry and Connie Carr of the Huntersville Tradition Days says “People will get to experience some of the lost arts and workmanship of our fore fathers.”  Huntersville Tradition Day will be Saturday October 2, 2010.
It was no uncommon thing for [...]

New neon colored street flags greet motorists along Rt 39 from the bridge
east just pass the Greenbrier River Trail  representing fun family activities in the area such as canoeing, bicycling, and winter fun in the region.  The colors and the scenes depict seasons as well….there is something to do around here all year.  Many [...]

Saturday June 26 is the birthday of Pearl Comfort Sydenstricker Buck. This article on her writing is offered as a celebration of the person she was and how she still influences life today.
Pearl Comfort Sydenstricker Buck, productive writer and humanitarian extraordinaire was born on June 26, 1892 in Hillsboro West Virginia. [...]

The McClintic Library is home to the largest West Virginia and Appalachian collection of any small library in the state and has a Heritage Room with local historical materials and facilities for genealogical research, as well as a subscription to Ancestry.com.  The Pocahontas Libraries have an extensive oral history archive and [...]

It was the silent dignity of the old grist mill on the side of the road that caught his attention more than a decade ago. Closed, and shuttered since the mid 1940s, the mill represented a simpler life.

There is a gem of a find for shoppers in the region. The Pocahontas County Artisans Coop has not only some beautiful pieces but they are marked at incredibly reasonable low prices. I was with a motor coach tour awhile back and we stopped at the Co-op.

A battlefield, a haven, a hiking mecca…Droop Mountain offers peace and tranquility.

This region of what was Virginia prior to 1821 was settled first by the Scotch and Irish and later the Germans followed. Today many of the early pioneer names are still heard in the region such as McNeel, Hill, Burner, Arbogast, Sharp, Underwood, Moore, Gay, Waugh, Kinnison, and many others.