Table of Contents
Acknowledgments 12
Introduction 14
What's Where in West Virginia 20
Eastern Panhandle 41
Where the Potomac and the Shenandoah Meet-Harpers Ferry, Charles Town, and Shepherdstown 43
South of the Potomac-Martinsburg, Berkeley Springs, and the Cacapon River and Mountain 62
Potomac Highlands 89
Soaring with Eagles Along the Potomac's South Branch-Romney and Moorefield 91
The Land of Canaan-Canaan Valley, Blackwater Falls, and Dolly Sods 112
Reaching for the Sky-Spruce Knob, Seneca Rocks, and Cranberry Glades 141
Snowshoe Mountain 190
Southern West Virginia 197
Old Towns, Surviving and Alive-Lewisburg, White Sulphur Springs, and Union 199
The South Border-Bluefield, Hinton, Pineville, Princeton, and Welch 225
Along the New and Gauley Rivers-Beckley, Fayet-Teville, and Summersville 255
The Hatfield-McCoy Mountains 287
Central West Virginia-Shimmering Lakes, Tumbling Waters, Sparkling Glass, and Easygoing Towns 307
Mountaineer Country 333
Morgantown and Vicinity 335
The Clarksburg/Fairmont Environs 361
The Metro Valley 389
Life Alongthe Kanawha River-The State Capital and Surrounding Area 391
River Towns-Huntington and Point Pleasant 418
The Mid-Ohio Valley-Beside the Waters of the Ohio and Little Kanawha Rivers 441
Northern Panhandle 475
Index 510
