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October 16, 2017 Appalachian scary tales / Ghost stories / Halloween / West Virginia

The Girl who had been in an Accident

Three boys driving along a deserted road on a snowy night discover a badly hurt girl. But she’s not what she appears to be. A WV ghost story.

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October 11, 2017 Appalachian scary tales / Colleges & Universities / Ghost stories / Halloween / West Virginia

Ghostlore – collected by Ruth Ann Musick

The West Virginia Folklife Center presents a selection of Appalachian ghost stories Dr. Ruth Ann Musick collected through the years.

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September 22, 2017 Natural resource management / West Virginia

West Virginia has not, up to the present time, done much with its scenery except to mar it

1908 report: “A good many things must be done before West Virginia will take its due rank as a resort for tourists, health seekers, and sightseers.”

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September 13, 2017 Cattle ranchers/ranching / West Virginia / Writers

His great grandfather crossed into these hills from an Eastern State that did not please him

Melville Davisson Post’s third book ‘Dwellers in the Hills’ (1901) is a romance of the old WV cattle country in which his youth was passed.

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August 28, 2017 Horse racing / West Virginia

Dirt racing at Pennsboro

First horses. Then cars. The first auto race at what was then Ritchie County Raceway was Sept. 1, 1926, featuring 1 horsepower vehicles!

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