Anyone traveling thru the State cannot help but see the Beautiful Mountains.Also the kind people that go our of their way to make you feel at Home
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Also the kind people that go our of their way to make you feel at Home
Anyone traveling thru the State cannot help but see the Beautiful Mountains.Also the kind people that go our of their way to make you feel at Home
Damn Straight!!!
Wild and Wonderful!! Woo-Hoo!
This state has alot to offer,hence all the folks moving here.
Wild and Wonderful!! Woo-Hoo!
This state has alot to offer,hence all the folks moving here.
Yep, cheap land (for the time being)
Cheap tobacco.
Cheap booze.
Gambling.
Woohoo. What a draw.
I won't even begin with the WV jokes.
Cheap tobacco.
Cheap booze.
Gambling.
Woohoo. What a draw.
I won't even begin with the WV jokes.
so what does the KY Derby winner have to do with your post about WV?
QUOTE (cfulmor @ May 21 2006, 08:17 PM) 
Yep, cheap land (for the time being)
Cheap tobacco.
Cheap booze.
Gambling.
Woohoo. What a draw.
I won't even begin with the WV jokes.
Cheap tobacco.
Cheap booze.
Gambling.
Woohoo. What a draw.
I won't even begin with the WV jokes.
QUOTE (feistyirishbabe @ May 22 2006, 12:47 AM)
so what does the KY Derby winner have to do with your post about WV?
maybe they just like the horse. what does goofy paris have to do with greedy's posts? guess they can't figure out how to post a pic in a post like me.
QUOTE (cfulmor @ May 21 2006, 08:17 PM)
Cheap tobacco.
Cheap booze.
Gambling.
Woohoo. What a draw.
Cheap booze.
Gambling.
Woohoo. What a draw.
I'll toast to that.
Cheers!
I'll agree, WV is great. But all the city folk are moving out here now. I just can't get away from them 
hey WVD,
Your a transplant. You grew up in MD.
Hills and rocks.
Your a transplant. You grew up in MD.
Hills and rocks.
I drove down to Martinsburg on Saturday and I have to admit, I was comparing it to Hagerstown.
And which do you think won, in my mind??
Is Martinsburg a newer town? Seems like it to me. Alot cleaner and prettier, IMO.
And which do you think won, in my mind??
Is Martinsburg a newer town? Seems like it to me. Alot cleaner and prettier, IMO.
QUOTE (Mcgee @ May 22 2006, 04:52 PM)
hey WVD,
Your a transplant. You grew up in MD.
Hills and rocks.
Your a transplant. You grew up in MD.
Hills and rocks.
huh.I don't know if I still am or not. I've lived here for 25yrs. The neighbor says I'm not one of those "foreigners".
INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT WEST VIRGINIA:
West Virginia is the only state to be created from another state (Virginia...in 1863).
Berkley Springs, a resort town, has more massage therapists than lawyers.
Berkley Springs is the only place in the US to boast:"George Washington bathed here."
W.V. has had the nation's lowest crime rate for the past 26 years.
During the Cold War, a sprawling 112,000 sq. ft. Bomb shelter was built to shelter members of congress in the event of a nuclear attack. It's located beneath the famous Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs,
WV.
White Sulphur Springs has the only private residence in the US that is made out of coal.
The city of Bluefield, WV bills itself as "America's Air-conditioned City." They back up their boast by serving free lemonade anytime the temperature reaches 90 degrees.
St. Andrews Methodist Church in Grafton was the site of the first Mother's Day celebration in 1908.
Two West Virginia men have built castles for their wives. Stephen Elkins built "Halliehurst" in 1890 for his wife Hallie Davis-Elkins...the only woman in American history to be the daughter, the wife, and the mother of a US senator.
In 1885, whiskey distiller Taylor Suite began building Berkley Castle for his new bride, Rosa Pelham, who was 31 years his junior. He died in 1908, a year before the project was finished. Rosa completed the castle but went on the squander her inheritance on extravagant living and wild parties and ended up losing
the castle and living in a shack and raising chickens to make ends meet.
Philippi, WV was the site of the first land battle of the Civil War.
The first officer killed in the Civil War was General Robert S. Garnett (Confederate) at Corricks Ford (Near Parsons in Tucker Co.)
In 1921, West Virginia became the first state to have a sales tax.
The mother of Abraham Lincoln, Nancy Hanks, was born near Romney, WV.
The largest single shipment of matches...20 railroad cars full...was sent from Wheeling, WV to Memphis, TN in 1933.
In 1947, Chuck Yeager, a native of Hamlin, WV, became the first person to fly faster than the speed of sound.
The Old Stone Church, in Lewisburg, was built in 1796 while George Washington was President and has been in continuous service ever since.
At the end of the "Guilded Age" in the late 1890's, the town of Bramwell, WV had more millionaires per square mile than any other city in the US. Many of their mansions have been restored and can be visited by the public.
With an average altitude of 1,500 feet, WV is the highest state east of the Mississippi.
The first brick street in the world was laid in the city of Charleston in 1873.
The first concrete street in the world was laid in the town of Webster Springs, WV in 1903.
Indirect artillery fire (action against an unseen target) was used for the first time in military history at the Battle of Fayetteville on May 20, 1863 by a 19-year old Confederate, Sgt. Milton Humphreys. Virtually
all modern artillery fire is now indirect fire.
James Rumsey of Shepardstown, WV invented the first steamboat. After he died suddenly in England, while raising funds for his project, his friend, Robert Fulton, took his plans and completed the work and is now
credited with the invention of the first steamboat.
In 1956, Cecil Underwood (age 34) became the youngest governor in the US In 1996, Underwood ran again and became the oldest governor in the US.
The hardwood flooring in the famous Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York was manufactured by the Meadow River Lumber Co. of Rainelle, WV.
West Virginia has the oddest shape of any state. This was because Union officials, during the Civil War, arranged all the pro-Union counties of Virginia into a state which then seceded from that Confederate State.
And may we add, Mingo County, WV, the Heart of the Billion Dollar Coal Field is home of the "Coal House", which holds the Chamber of Commerce. It is located in the county seat, Williamson and is constructed entirely of local coal cut into blocks.
And lastly, WV was the first state to utilize food stamps!
West Virginia is the only state to be created from another state (Virginia...in 1863).
Berkley Springs, a resort town, has more massage therapists than lawyers.
Berkley Springs is the only place in the US to boast:"George Washington bathed here."
W.V. has had the nation's lowest crime rate for the past 26 years.
During the Cold War, a sprawling 112,000 sq. ft. Bomb shelter was built to shelter members of congress in the event of a nuclear attack. It's located beneath the famous Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs,
WV.
White Sulphur Springs has the only private residence in the US that is made out of coal.
The city of Bluefield, WV bills itself as "America's Air-conditioned City." They back up their boast by serving free lemonade anytime the temperature reaches 90 degrees.
St. Andrews Methodist Church in Grafton was the site of the first Mother's Day celebration in 1908.
Two West Virginia men have built castles for their wives. Stephen Elkins built "Halliehurst" in 1890 for his wife Hallie Davis-Elkins...the only woman in American history to be the daughter, the wife, and the mother of a US senator.
In 1885, whiskey distiller Taylor Suite began building Berkley Castle for his new bride, Rosa Pelham, who was 31 years his junior. He died in 1908, a year before the project was finished. Rosa completed the castle but went on the squander her inheritance on extravagant living and wild parties and ended up losing
the castle and living in a shack and raising chickens to make ends meet.
Philippi, WV was the site of the first land battle of the Civil War.
The first officer killed in the Civil War was General Robert S. Garnett (Confederate) at Corricks Ford (Near Parsons in Tucker Co.)
In 1921, West Virginia became the first state to have a sales tax.
The mother of Abraham Lincoln, Nancy Hanks, was born near Romney, WV.
The largest single shipment of matches...20 railroad cars full...was sent from Wheeling, WV to Memphis, TN in 1933.
In 1947, Chuck Yeager, a native of Hamlin, WV, became the first person to fly faster than the speed of sound.
The Old Stone Church, in Lewisburg, was built in 1796 while George Washington was President and has been in continuous service ever since.
At the end of the "Guilded Age" in the late 1890's, the town of Bramwell, WV had more millionaires per square mile than any other city in the US. Many of their mansions have been restored and can be visited by the public.
With an average altitude of 1,500 feet, WV is the highest state east of the Mississippi.
The first brick street in the world was laid in the city of Charleston in 1873.
The first concrete street in the world was laid in the town of Webster Springs, WV in 1903.
Indirect artillery fire (action against an unseen target) was used for the first time in military history at the Battle of Fayetteville on May 20, 1863 by a 19-year old Confederate, Sgt. Milton Humphreys. Virtually
all modern artillery fire is now indirect fire.
James Rumsey of Shepardstown, WV invented the first steamboat. After he died suddenly in England, while raising funds for his project, his friend, Robert Fulton, took his plans and completed the work and is now
credited with the invention of the first steamboat.
In 1956, Cecil Underwood (age 34) became the youngest governor in the US In 1996, Underwood ran again and became the oldest governor in the US.
The hardwood flooring in the famous Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York was manufactured by the Meadow River Lumber Co. of Rainelle, WV.
West Virginia has the oddest shape of any state. This was because Union officials, during the Civil War, arranged all the pro-Union counties of Virginia into a state which then seceded from that Confederate State.
And may we add, Mingo County, WV, the Heart of the Billion Dollar Coal Field is home of the "Coal House", which holds the Chamber of Commerce. It is located in the county seat, Williamson and is constructed entirely of local coal cut into blocks.
And lastly, WV was the first state to utilize food stamps!
QUOTE (Naomi @ May 24 2006, 06:50 PM)
Hallie Davis-Elkins...the only woman in American history to be the daughter, the wife, and the mother of a US senator.
LOL! And all three to the very same senator! No wait - that's not possible - or is it?
WV has got some beautiful countryside, I'll give it that.
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