West Virginia: An Explorer's Guide Book

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