Rocket Boys October Sky Festival – DanTraveling Travel Coalwood, West Virginia

Posted by Susan in Virginia Tourism on May 7th, 2009 | 3 comments

www.createspace.com - Buy Now Pocahontas Virginia Documentary October Sky Festival This weekend More Details Here www.coalwoodwestvirginia.com Listen to Homer Describe his latest Novel Red Helmet -filmed by Steve Date. www.homerhickam.com Put a New Yorker in the coal mines of West Virginia! I know it is on our list of must read. We visited the annual October Sky Festival or the Rocket Boys Reunion as it is know up there in Coalwood West Virginia. For those that aren't familiar with this ...

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Virginia’s First Coal Town

Posted by Susan in Virginia Tourism on May 3rd, 2009 | 7 comments

www.createspace.com - Buy Now Between Two Hills, the Story of Pocahontas, Virginia. Also a special thanks goes out to The Mayhem String band, YouTube's own Jeff Williams, and Nashville songwriter Betsy Ulmer for allowing us to use their music for this project. This town was Virginia's first coal boom town. There are very few Americans who have not been touched by the far reaching influence of the Pocahontas Fuel Company. The coal extracted by Pocahontas Fuel served nearly 1/2 of the country ...

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Virginia Mountains Tourist Information Center

Posted by Susan in Virginia Tourism on Apr 28th, 2009 | 0 comments

www.VisitVirginiaMountains.com - Tourist information for the Virginia Mountains and Smyth County, Virginia. The towns of Chilhowie, Saltville, and Marion are located within

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Virginia Farm Bureau – Climate Advisory July 2007

Posted by Susan in Virginia on Apr 27th, 2009 | 0 comments

The entire western edge of Virginia is a mountain range, and those mountains can have a major impact on summer thunderstorms for all of us. Here to explain

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