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Volume IV of the Wandering Back-Roads West Virginia with Carl E. Feather book series

Still More Wandering Back-Roads West Virginia

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About The Book

In this, the final state-wide volume of the four-book series, Carl focuses on unique places and traditions in West Virginia that have received very little prior recognition in print. Chapters in this book are: The Locust Heights & Western excursion train that has run in a Clarksburg's family's backyard for 50-plus years; three castles; ghost tours of Harpers Ferry; heirloom apple pioneers and orchards; the New Deal community of Arthurdale; the Fairmont Telephone Museum; Centre Market's author/model maker of Ohio River steamships; the Sagebrush Round-Up country music show and the WMMN early radio stars; the Singing in the Hills annual Gospel music gathering in Mabie; dark stories of Organ Cave; the Sistersville Ferry, last one operating on the Ohio River in W.Va.; Virginia iron furnace and Bruceton Mills dam; Pleasant District Holiness Association's Camp and Tabernacle; Family Roots Farm; Washington family properties in Jefferson County; Rosbys Rock debate; Sharp's Old Country Store at Slatyfork; The Pringle Tree; Sweet Springs Resort; Shepherdstown's Little House; and Kingwood's Esso Station/Museum.
With more than 300 pages and hundreds of photographs, this book will provide both armchair travel and perhaps help you plan your own back-roads journeys into The Mountain State.

Feather Cottage Media

Feather Cottage Media

Documenting Appalachia's stories one book at a time.

I am a retired print journalist/photojournalist who writes nonfiction about the people, history, and culture of Appalachia--mainly West Virginia and northeast Ohio (yes, the federal government considers that Appalachia!). I also produce short documentary films about my book subjects; these can be viewed at https://YouTube.com/@FeatherCottageMedia. We sell our books at fairs and events throughout the tri-state region. Our home is in Bruceton Mills, West Virginia.

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