Well, I'd be disowned from Mom's branch
of the family (on the paternal side)
if I didn't drop a piece of family
lore when discussing West Virginia.
According to family tales, much of
the land that Wheeling
now occupies used to be our family
farm, before they sold it off and moved
west … or so the story goes.
Traditional music with spoons and washboards,
historic locomotives, vintage golf, and outdoor
activities in the Alleghenies and Appalachians
– this is West Virginia, the Mountain State
(pop. 1,810,354).
Population:
1,810,354
Location:
Borders Kentucky, Maryland, Ohio, and
Pennsylvania.
