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West Virginia Attractions

Tourist attractions and places & things of interest in WV
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  • This small Swiss Village was settled in the lush Allegheny Mountains in 1869. Residents of the village work hard at maintaining the traditions and customs of the people who settled there. Helvetia was one of the first districts in the state to be placed on the National Register of Historic Places. There are 10 historic buildings that have been preserved including an original settler's cabin which serves as a museum containing many of the articles used by the original settlers in everyday life.
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  • The Juliana-Ann Historic Area is the setting for many of the Beautiful old homes in Parkersburg, West Virginia.
  • HONEY IN THE ROCK OUTDOOR DRAMA, at the Cliffside ampitheater, Grandview area of the New River National River, Grandview, WV.<br /> To fight for the dominance of the Union or the rights of its states? Such a decision destroyed many lives in the South during the Civil War. <br /> But here in Appalachia, it resulted in the creation of a new state -- "West Virginia," Union loyal, and populated by a hard-nosed new breed of American. "Honey in the Rock" chronicles the tumultuous birth of the Mountain State through the lives of some of its real and imagined residents. It's a romping, rollicking, vibrant historical performance filled with drama, intrigue, music, comedy, and romance
  • JOHN HENRY STATUE - located in Talcott, Summers County, WV.<br /> Though the story of John Henry sounds like the quintessential tall tale, it is certainly based, at least in part, on historical circumstance.<br /> In order to construct the railroads, companies hired thousands of men to smooth out terrain and cut through obstacles that stood in the way of the proposed tracks. One such chore that figures heavily into some of the earliest John Henry ballads is the blasting of the Big Bend Tunnel -- more than a mile straight through a mountain in West Virginia. <br /> <br /> Steel-drivin' men like John Henry used large hammers and stakes to pound holes into the rock, which were then filled with explosives that would blast a cavity deeper and deeper into the mountain. In the folk ballads, the central event took place under such conditions. Eager to reduce costs and speed up progress, some tunnel engineers were using steam drills to power their way into the rock. According to some accounts, on hearing of the machine, John Henry challenged the steam drill to a contest. He won, but died of exhaustion, his life cut short by his own superhuman effort.
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  • St. Andrews Methodist Church in Grafton, West Virginia. Site of the first mothers day celebration, held in this church on May 10, 1908. Also location of the International Mothers Day Shrine.
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