Hello and Welcome to My space! My name is Branchland West Virginia and I was born in 1907 I was formely know as Hadley! My Average Co. Elevation is 673 feet and my countys sq mileage is 437...I'm Located in Lincoln Co. I am a great place to visit and live! I am the home of the former Guyan Valley High School now known as the middle school, I am also the home of Branchland Library where you can grab a good book to read or check out the net... Branchland Lumber, Branchland Post Office, Branchland IGA, Branchland Quick Mart, and the Branchland Fire Dept.(sub. station of West Hamlin VFD)! I have lots of atv trails and horse back trails! I am a great place to hunt with all my hills and fields! I am also a great place to fish I have the Guyan River that runs through me and lots of ponds! My trees are so pretty in the Fall! The weather in the summer is to die for! I have great places for you to pitch a tent and camp for the night or for the weekend! The county where I am is Lincoln and it was named after one of the great presidents Abraham Lincoln! ENJOY AND BE PROUD!This is the best email (or story for that matter) that I have ever heard about WV!!! I'm loving it!!Because of our mountains, we have rivers. The oldest river in the Western Hemisphere, the New River (quite appropriately named, don't you think) ends in West Virginia. We have the Gauley River, which confluence's with the New River in a magnificent cascade to form the Kanawha River, which in turn flows through the center of the State, and directly through the capital city of Charleston, the largest city in West Virginia. These rivers in addition to the Cheat, Blackwater, Tygart, Monongahela, Ohio and countless others offer tremendous recreational opportunities.The tallest building in Charleston is barely 25 floors tall, which, if you think about it, is a plus; how could you possibly build a skyscraper more beautiful than a mountain?The capital city stretches throughout the long river valley encompassing both hill and dale.The Charleston airport, the largest in the State, sits on top of a mountain. The crime rate in Charleston, including the entire population of the Kanawha Valley (around 200,000), reflects that of the entire State, the lowest in America. No more than a handful of murders are committed each year.Charleston has no subway systems, but, truth be known, you can get from oneend of town to the other, even in rush hour traffic, in less than ten minutes.There are three major interstate systems going through Charleston, the smallest city in America to make such a claim.The entire State has six different interstate systems, meaning, from Charleston, you can reach Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Louisville or Charlotte in four hours or less....Ah, but once you leave the interstates, the drive becomes a thing of wonder. Two lane roads, winding up and down the mountains, offer amazing views and historic places, small towns, poor in wealth but rich in history.West Virginia is the birthplace of Mother's Day, in Grafton; and Father's Day, in Fairmont.We have the oldest covered bridge still in use. We have walnut festivals, strawberry festivals, apple festivals and pumpkin festivals and buckwheat festivals, and arts and crafts fairs and stern wheel regattas and ramp dinners. And believe it or not we even have a National Water Tasting Contest that is held in Berkeley Springs WV each year and in 2005/2006 a water plant from WV won it was Le sage water in Le sage WVWe have Bridge Day, on the New River Gorge Bridge over 800 feet above the New River; the only standing structure in the United States that, one day a year, allows parachuting and bungee jumping.We have college basketball, and minor league baseball and hockey, and, justlike all of America, Friday night high school football.We have white water rafting, and skiing, and hiking, and caves, and waterfalls, and camping in every direction. We have Sundays w here a leisurely drive in the car can take eight hours, and only cover 100 miles.We have bed and breakfasts, and resorts, and golf courses, and museums, andthe Greenbrier Hotel. West Virginia has more natural beauty and wonder thanany person could ever imagine.We have all of this, and yet .... our greatest asset is our people. West Virginians are good people. We care about each other. We talk to our neighbors over the backyard fence.We grow tomatoes for the entire neighborhood. We turn around in each other's driveways, and yell "howdy" when we do.We sit on the porch on warm summer evenings, listening to crickets, and watching kids catch fireflies.We loan a hammer, or a cup of sugar. We don't take two-hour lunches, but wedo spend a few minutes each day with a cup of coffee, and our feet up on ourdesk, shooting the breeze.We rarely get in a hurry. We have relatives just down the street. We don't just loan someone a socket wrench, we help them fix their car. We share recipes, and gardening tips, and our last cup of coffee. We baby-sit each other's kids, we housesit each other's dogs while we're on vacation, and we loan each other our cars if we have to get to the drugstore.We ask each other if we need anything as we're going to the market. We celebrate each others accomplishments, and we cry over each other's disappointments.We are a friendly folk. We are West Virginians.Mountaineers are always free! Free to take the time to enjoy life, hold each moment in our hearts, forever.Myspace Graphics
Myspace LayoutsMyspace Layouts
