I'm from West Virginia which is a place a lot of people don't know much about. In fact, I've met several people that have asked me "What part of western Virginia are you from?" It's pretty crazy to be from a state that some people don't even realize exists. So I thought I would round up some cool facts about West Virginia that you might not know. 1. Are you a fan of the NBA? Did you know the white silhouette in the NBA logo is Jerry West, who is from West Virginia? He is from Kanawha County. 2. If you enjoy Mother's Day you should know that the very first Mother's Day was held in Grafton, WV in 1908. Unfortunately, the woman that created the holiday, Anna Jarvis, died in a Pennsylvania sanatarium. She actually regretted starting the holiday because she felt it had become too commercialized. 3, The city of Huntington is named after Collins P. Huntington, a man that eventually became one of the most despised railroad men in the whole county. One book even states that he came to…
An endless canopy of deep green stretches across the wild expanse of sequestered Appalachian Mountains. Peaks cloaked in blue mist (thus the name Blue Ridge) appear to reach beyond the clouds. The wind whispers through the trees of the mystery these mountains hold. Everything seems to tell a story of days long passed. This is Appalachia (App-uh-latch-uh, for those of you aren't sure how to pronounce it correctly).
Perhaps you know it only by the stereotypical hillbilly stories - widespread poverty and little education, kids running around barefoot and soot faced, grandma spitting tobacco, all the while banjo music plays in the background. Though this story may be steeped in some amount of truth, it is not the whole story - not even close. It doesn’t speak of the connection Appalachian folks have to the land. It doesn’t speak to the devotion they have to family and heritage. It doesn’t speak to their unwavering strength. It doesn’t speak to the pain, loss, and injustice they have…
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