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Mountaineer Country Regional Information
Mountaineer Country Region
Visitors to this region-home to Morgantown's West Virginia University campus-enjoy fine arts, great dining, first-rate shopping, golf and every kind of outdoor adventure imaginable. Other highlights: history museums and festivals celebrating everything from Italian heritage to hot-air balloons.
Barbour County - Named in honor of Philip Pendleton Barbour, distinguished jurist of Virginia, this county was created in 1843 from parts of Randolph, Harrison and Lewis Counties. The chief industries and agricultural products are coal, lumber, buckwheat, dairy farming, livestock, fruit, poultry and grain. The county seat of Philippi was the site of the first land battle of the Civil War on June 3, 1861. Union troops under General B.F. Kelly surprised the Confederate troops of Colonel George A. Porterfield. The Philippi Covered Bridge, originally built in 1852 by Lemuel Chenoweth and destroyed by fire, has been reconstructed to its original form. This twin-barreled bridge is the longest two-lane covered bridge still in use on a federal highway (U.S. Route 250).
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Doddridge County - Formed from parts of Harrison, Tyler, Ritchie and Lewis Counties in 1845, the county was named for Philip Doddridge, a distinguished statesman of western Virginia. It was the home of J.H. Diss DeBar, who designed the great Seal of the Coat of Arms of West Virginia. The chief agricultural and industrial products are livestock, poultry, lumber, petroleum and natural gas. West Union, the county seat, was incorporated in 1881. The townPhone: 1-800-CALL WVA (1-800-225-5982) Address: 90 MacCorkle Ave. SW City: Mountaineer Country~ State: WV Zip: 25303 Region: Mountaineer Country Url: http://www.wvtourism.com/spec.aspx?pgID=98 Canaan Valley - Albright - Davis - - Mathias - Keyser - Thomas - Berkeley Springs - Potomac Highlands~ - Fayetteville - Harpers Ferry - West Virginia Regions - Roanoke - Moorefield - Beckley - Eastern Panhandle~ - Hico - Cass - Petersburg - Snowshoe - Elkins - Hatfield-McCoyMountains~ - Ansted - Franklin - Philippi - Fairmont - Buckhannon - NewRiverGreenbriarValley~ |
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