South — Site filing

Sites with a file in West Virginia

West Virginia carries 20 dossiers under this filing — places the record keeps even where the classification stays broad. The documented past sits on one side of each file, the reported present on the other. Claims are logged as claims; the archive does not certify the ground.

20 dossiers0 counties covered100% open to visitorsPhilippi Covered Bridge — deepest file

Also filed under site:Hawaii44 Michigan39 Arizona39 Wyoming30 Illinois30 Oregon22 Pennsylvania20 Washington18

Other West Virginia filings:Naturals11 Ghost towns6 Historic sites3 Theaters3 Caves3 Hotels3 Museums3 Towns3

Philippi Covered Bridge

Philippi, West Virginia

The 1852 bridge that carried armies—the first land battle’s site.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Berkeley Springs State Park

Berkeley Springs, West Virginia

Washington’s bathtub—the colonial spa that never stopped.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Hawks Nest Tunnel site

Gauley Bridge, West Virginia

The tunnel where silica killed—hundreds dead for water to a power plant.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Whipple Company Store

Whipple, West Virginia

The company store where the scrip economy ruled—and the ghosts stayed.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine

Beckley, West Virginia

The underground tour through a real 1890s mine.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Hatfield-McCoy feud country

Williamson, West Virginia

The Tug Fork feud—America’s most famous family war.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Tu-Endie-Wei

Point Pleasant, West Virginia

The battle where Cornstalk died—1774, at the rivers’ meeting.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Chief Cornstalk monument

Point Pleasant, West Virginia

The murdered chief—killed under flag of truce, 1777.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Blair Mountain

Logan, West Virginia

August-September 1921—the largest armed uprising since the Civil War.

2 claims · 1 legend→

The Mystery Hole

Ansted, West Virginia

The 1973 roadside attraction where gravity "doesn’t work."

Green Bank Observatory

Green Bank, West Virginia

The telescope in the Quiet Zone—where silence is federal law.

Prickett’s Fort

Fairmont, West Virginia

The 1774 refuge fort on the Monongahela—rebuilt on its footprint.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Cass Scenic Railroad

Cass, West Virginia

The Shay-geared climb to Bald Knob—the lumber town that kept running.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Bulltown

Napier, West Virginia

The October 1863 fight for the salt works—last Confederate offensive in the state.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Fairfax Stone

Davis, West Virginia

The 1746 stone that drew the colonial boundary—and still does.

Camden Park

Huntington, West Virginia

The 1903 trolley park that never stopped—West Virginia’s oldest.

Palace of Gold

New Vrindaban, West Virginia

Prabhupada’s golden palace in the West Virginia hills.

Oglebay Park

Wheeling, West Virginia

The 1,700-acre estate the Wheeling family gave away.

Pocahontas Exhibition Coal Mine

Pocahontas, West Virginia

The 1882 mine that made the Pocahontas coalfield famous.

New River Gorge Bridge

Fayetteville, West Virginia

The 876-foot arch—Bridge Day’s jumping point.

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