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.
