The Story of Virginia In 100 Landmarks

<p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>America turns 250. </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Let's go find the candles.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Looking for a history lesson that doesn't feel like homework? You've found it. At 250history.com the Semiquincentennial Series brings each state's distinctive landmarks to center stage to tell their fast and fun story. </span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>We've wandered through big cities tiny towns muddy trails and neon-lit highways-uncovering 5000 historic gems along the way.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The Semiquincentennial isn't just a mouthful-it's a reminder that history is alive sometimes weird and always waiting to be rediscovered. </span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Whether you're traveling by road by printed page or by imagination; whether you are a lifelong native or visiting for a week we invite you to explore 100 West Virginia landmarks that illuminate the one-of-a-kind story of the Mountain State. </span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The Panhandle... blood feuds... forting up... taking the waters...</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>bloomeries... extreme sports... black snakes... mimetic architec-</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>ture... company towns... the CCC... Kanawha salt... Meskers... the</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>golden age of motoring... iron horses... Sam Snead... Coal Wars...</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>cow sanctuaries... Dunsmore's War... beehive ovens... Mothers Day...</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Restoration Movement... Billion Dollar Coalfield... kissing bridges...</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The Big Dipper... Rathbone Well... round barns... theaters of nature...</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Emergency Relocation Center... This book will have you telling stories</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>like a native in no time.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The photos and stories collected here are a fast and fun way to learn</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>the explanations behind the quirks the traditions and the secrets that</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>make West Virginia uniquely West Virginia. Why was the National Road</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>routed through Wheeling?? Solved. Where did Americans get their</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>first mud baths? A mystery no more. Where was the first land battle</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>of the Civil War? Identified. Where is America's oldest golf course?</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Revealed. What were the big blue grapes that started the Kanawha</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>County wine industry? No one knows. Where was Nancy Hanks born?</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>No one knows that either.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>It is a story only West Virginia can call its own. A story told in 100 landmarks. Almost all the selections within are open to the public or at least visible from public spaces. So fire up the GPS and see the story of the Mountain State standing in plain sight on West Virginia streets!</span></p><p></p>