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The Appalachian String Band Music Festival (often referred to simply as "Clifftop") is a weeklong gathering of thousands of string band musicians and their friends from across the country and around the world, who each year since 1990 have assembled near the New River Gorge in West Virginia in late July/early August to celebrate the evolving tradition of old-time music and the community of ...
Date Person(s) Age Country of disappearance Circumstances Outcome Time spent missing or unconfirmed 2000 Zebb Quinn: 18 United States Zebb Quinn was an 18-year-old American male who went missing on January 2, 2000, in Asheville, North Carolina.
Milton is located along the Mud River. According to the United States Census Bureau , the town has a total area of 1.58 square miles (4.09 km 2 ), of which 1.54 square miles (3.99 km 2 ) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km 2 ) is water.
In 1913, the Robinson Grand Theater was opened in downtown Clarksburg. The Robinson Grand, a pioneer in its era, became the thirteenth theater in the United States to be equipped with sound technology in 1927. During its golden age, it hosted a diverse array of events, including movies, plays, wedding receptions, and the Miss West Virginia Pageant.
Mud River Covered Bridge is a historic covered bridge that formerly spanned the Mud River at Milton, Cabell County, West Virginia. It was built about 1875, and is a single-span, modified Howe truss structure. It measures approximately 112 feet (34 m) in length and 14 feet (4.3 m) in width.
It is situated roughly halfway between the towns of Barboursville to the west and Milton to the east. It has a population of 4,512 and spans over a radius of 28.06 square miles. [3] Ona is a part of the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH, Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). As of the 2010 census, the MSA had a population of 287,702.
North River Mills Historic District is a national historic district located at North River Mills, Hampshire County, West Virginia. The district encompasses 25 contributing buildings and five contributing sites. The district lies along Hiett Run, which empties into the North River, a tributary of the Cacapon River. It has become an industrial ...
The event, held on the third Saturday every October, commemorates the 1977 completion of the New River Gorge Bridge. [3] On this day, all four lanes of the bridge are closed to automobiles and opened to pedestrians. Estimates have 100,000 people attending the overall event. [3] The first Bridge Day was held in 1980 and drew a crowd of roughly ...