Christmas Bird Count coming up
Local bird enthusiasts will take to the back roads and back woods during the 4th annual Pocahontas County Christmas Bird Count on Friday, December 16th 2011. This event gives birders a chance to get...
View ArticleSo much music going on
Winter is never a gloomy time here in the mountains. Part of that is because we have so much great music to keep us humming and toe tappin’. Take this weekend for instance. We have IVibes on Saturday...
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Who Do You Think You Are?
How many of you have seen a return of a successful television show this year called “Who Do You Think You Are?” It’s a show where a genealogist or researcher finds the ancestry line of famous person....
View ArticleFishermen – Ride the Cass Train
Besides four great train rides most days from Memorial Day to the middle of October, Cass Scenic Railroad also offers other unusual experiences. Here’s a special just for all you fisherman. From April...
View ArticleHit us with your best shot
The Pocahontas County Convention & Visitors Bureau invites photographers to enter its first Nature’s Mountain Playground Photo Competition. We are looking for striking digital images that capture...
View ArticleShow me another sign
Everywhere we drive anymore we are nagged with political signs, yard sale signs, for sale signs and other commercial bill boards. I found a little ribbon of highway where none of that exists. Somewhere...
View ArticleWhat Will We do Now?
What do you in Pocahontas County when the brilliant colors of fall are gone and the sparkle of snow hasn’t yet hit the ground? What do you do when there are no more festivals to attend? I get asked...
View ArticleNovember 4 1985 – Remember
In light of the catastrophe that happened along the east coast this week, we need to remember the Flood of 1985 and bow our head for a moment to pray for victims everywhere. It’s November 4, 2012 – a...
View ArticleA Ribbon of Road
West Virginia has a great scenic byways program and utilizes the program more than any other state. Pocahontas County also uses the program. We have more scenic byways than any other county in West...
View ArticleLocal businessman spearheads trout stocking
Let’s give a hip, hip hooray to local business person Chuck Workman of Appalachian Sport on Rt 219 for again this year leading the effort to stock trout in the Greenbrier River in and around Marlinton....
View ArticleBoys of Droop Remembered
Each of us can identify an event or activity that inspired us or made us think differently about the world around us. Sometimes in searching for the “big one”, we overlook some of the diminutive ones...
View ArticleWe’re Ready for Winter
Let it snow! Well the leaf peepers have headed home; the Greenbrier River Trail is empty except for a few locals biking down to Stillwell Park. There are neither canoes nor kayaks on the Greenbrier...
View ArticleHelping skiers find a cozy place to stay
Soon at the CVB office on Main Street the phones will be ringing off the hooks. The main question we get asked is “Where is the closest Hampton Inn?” Staff explains to the potential visitor that all...
View ArticleIs it time to go fishing?
Some of the sweetest times I can remember with my dad were times that he would take me out fishing with him when I was a kid and we lived in Butte Montana. He was most peaceful when he was standing in...
View ArticleThe art of quilting lives on
Enjoy your travels along the Pocahontas County Quilt Trail and discover a tradition that is rooted in the 19th century and has Civil War significance. The patterns, adorned on extra-large placards on...
View ArticleA scenic view
With a region steeped in dense, verdant mountains, you know where you’re going to find stunning views along fall driving roads. Pocahontas County has more scenic byways than any other county in West...
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