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Marlinton Mayor Sam Felton is helping to lead the resurgence of Pocahontas County, the least populated area in "Wild & Wonderful" West Virginia.
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Marlinton (has no "g") is the oldest continuous English settlement west of Alleghenies, where the town (1749) is older than the county (1821) and the county is older than the state (1863). townofmarlintonwv.com
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Pocahontas County density en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocahontas_County,_West_Virginia
Marlinton en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlinton,_West_Virginia
Greenbrier river trail greenbrierrivertrail.com
Marlin and Sewell wvencyclopedia.org/entries/1457
Ride Snowshoe Highlands ridesnowshoehighlands.com
Monday Lick trail monforesttowns.org/monday-lick
Marlinton trailhead and street plant destinationbydesign.com/project/marlinton-trailhead-streetscape-plan
Walk Helmick en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Helmick
Businesses visited
Rivertown cafe facebook.com/profile.php?id=61550670963361
Anne's HandMade WV Market facebook.com/handmadewvmarket
Greenbrier Bikes greenbrierbikes.com
0:00 Welcome to Marlinton
1:03 Clearing old properties
3:52 Greenbrier River Trail
6:30 Broadband Internet expansion
7:36 Oldest permanent English settlement west of Alleghenies
9:46 Repurposing big old buildings
10:30 Mon Forest Towns
12:10 Overcoming the coal downturn
12:50 Snowshoe Mountain Highland Ride Center goes for IMBA Gold
13:23 Monday Lick Trail system
14:41 Discovery Junction Park
16:01 Projected growth
17:05 Anne's Handmade Market
18:28 E-Bike Ride
18:50 Wastewater treatment and sewer upgrades
22:41 Gettin' out of the office
23:23 Freshwater plant
25:16 Flood of 1985
27:13 Pocahontas County facilities
30:12 Housing shortage
31:20 Joe and Peg Greenlee Rural Health Clinic
34:35 Mountain View Cemetery
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Marlinton Mayor Sam Felton is helping to lead the resurgence of Pocahontas County, the least populated area in "Wild & Wonderful" West Virginia.
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Marlinton (has no "g") is the oldest continuous English settlement west of Alleghenies, where the town (1749) is older than the county (1821) and the county is older than the state (1863). townofmarlintonwv.com
monforesttowns.org
Pocahontas County density en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocahontas_County,_West_Virginia
Marlinton en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlinton,_West_Virginia
Greenbrier river trail greenbrierrivertrail.com
Marlin and Sewell wvencyclopedia.org/entries/1457
Ride Snowshoe Highlands ridesnowshoehighlands.com
Monday Lick trail monforesttowns.org/monday-lick
Marlinton trailhead and street plant destinationbydesign.com/project/marlinton-trailhead-streetscape-plan
Walk Helmick en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Helmick
Businesses visited
Rivertown cafe facebook.com/profile.php?id=61550670963361
Anne's HandMade WV Market facebook.com/handmadewvmarket
Greenbrier Bikes greenbrierbikes.com
0:00 Welcome to Marlinton
1:03 Clearing old properties
3:52 Greenbrier River Trail
6:30 Broadband Internet expansion
7:36 Oldest permanent English settlement west of Alleghenies
9:46 Repurposing big old buildings
10:30 Mon Forest Towns
12:10 Overcoming the coal downturn
12:50 Snowshoe Mountain Highland Ride Center goes for IMBA Gold
13:23 Monday Lick Trail system
14:41 Discovery Junction Park
16:01 Projected growth
17:05 Anne's Handmade Market
18:28 E-Bike Ride
18:50 Wastewater treatment and sewer upgrades
22:41 Gettin' out of the office
23:23 Freshwater plant
25:16 Flood of 1985
27:13 Pocahontas County facilities
30:12 Housing shortage
31:20 Joe and Peg Greenlee Rural Health Clinic
34:35 Mountain View Cemetery
Charlestown charles town appalachian mountains rural town marlinton cass buckeye green bank observatory telescope radio astronomy Mountain state mountaineers holler crick creek river stream potomac maryland cumberland kentucky virginia Tennessee north Carolina Asheville timber Monongahela Pennsylvania pittsburgh forest Allegheny black bear national forest national park mountain biking bike ebike e-bike opera house wild wonderful west virginia university wvu harpers ferry martinsburg south southeast snow backpacking Appalachian trail climbing hunting fishing whitewater rafting county council town council mayor governor Patrick Morrisey Senator Manchin Shelley Moore Capito Jim Justice senate house of delegates capital capitol kanawha huntington ohio marlin sewell state climate change gas quarry mine miners shale Charleston Kanawha Huntington Cabell Vienna Wood Morgantown Monongalia St. Albans Parkersburg Wood Bluefield Mercer Wheeling bridgeport Harrison Weirton Hancock Moundsville Marshall Fairmont Marion Oak Hill Fayette Martinsburg Berkeley Dunbar Beckley Raleigh Elkins Randolph Clarksburg Harrison Hurricane Putnam rebel history moonshine population density old Canaan Valley seneca rocks new river gorge fayetteville john brown the greenbrier hotel resort national radio astronomy observatory national radio quiet zone Marcellus Shale Natural Gas Bed wind pv solar WVU Medicine walmart CAMC Health System hospital doctor dr Mountain Health Network Kroger Lowe's Contura Energy wheeling hospital mylan pharmaceuticals murray american energy rescare mon health macy's corporate services american electric power first energy corp dolgencorp frontier blackhawk mining darden restaurants arch coal walgreens dowdupont, Inc. Dupont DuPont de Nemours, Inc.
