West Virginia Explorer - WV News and Travel Guide
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Etam Earth Station - West Virginia Explorer
Etam Station receives radio signals. The Etam Earth Station, at Etam, West Virginia, in Preston County, is a principal U.S. site for receiving transmissions from orbiting communications satellites.Four large dish antennas receive signals at the station, which is operated by AT&T.
Buckhannon, West Virginia - West Virginia Explorer
Main Street, Buckhannon, WV. Buckhannon, WV (West Virginia), the county seat of Upshur County, was established in 1816 on a bend in the Buckhannon River.The town may have been named by European settlers for Delaware chieftan, Buckongohanon, who considered the area a favorite hunting ground, or for John Buchannon, a missionary who traveled the area in the 1780s.
Mountains and Mountain Ranges - West Virginia Explorer
West Virginia mountains and mountain ranges define the Mountain State. Photo courtesy Rick Burgess.. Some say that if all the mountains in the Mountain State were flattened, West Virginia would be as large as Texas.
War, West Virginia - West Virginia Explorer
Town of War, West Virginia War, West Virginia (WV), a community in McDowell County, was incorporated in 1920 and named for War Creek, which there joins the Dry Fork of the Tug Fork River.War Creek was so named by Native Americans in …
Petersburg, West Virginia - West Virginia Explorer
Queen Anne at Petersburg, WV. Petersburg, West Virginia (WV), the county seat of Grant County, was settled in 1745 by German colonists but was not incorporated until 1920.It was named for Jacob Peterson, who owned of the first general store in the area. Petersburg is situated on the westward bend in the South Branch of the Potomac River south of the southern extent of Patterson Creek Mountain.
New River - West Virginia Explorer
New River at Grandview. The 320-mile New River rises in the Blue Ridge region of North Carolina and flows northeastward through the Appalachian uplands to Radford, Va., where it turns northwestward and passes through a series of narrow valleys and gorges into southern West Virginia.It ends where it joins the Gauley River to form the Kanawha River.The New is considered by some geographers to be ...
Sinks of Gandy - West Virginia Explorer
The Sinks of Gandy is a cave near Osceola, West Virginia, in eastern Randolph County, through which Gandy Creek tunnels. A journey through the "sinks" is a favorite rite of passage for many naturalists and beginning cavers, especially on hot summer days. …
West Virginia Travel Guide - West Virginia Explorer
West Virginia, seen here at the New River Gorge, is often rated one of the safest U.S. states in which to travel and vacation.. Our West Virginia Travel Guide includes everything you'll need to arrange a West Virginia vacation in a matter of minutes. West Virginia Explorer is, in effect, a travel guide of many thousands of pages, but here we've consolidated information to …
West Virginia Coal Fields - West Virginia Explorer
The coal-producing areas of West Virginia have been traditionally defined as fields, each field corresponding to a given geographical location or region of the state. Our readers should note that a coalfield is a geographical label, not necessarily related …