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Photography - New River

Capturing the magic of New River Gorge in black and white

It took four nights over four months for Bruce Burgin to find the right combination of sky, shutter and stars over the New River Gorge Bridge in West Virginia. After driving to a perch on the old Fayette Station Bridge (now named the Tunney Hunsaker Bridge, upstream from this one) on three separate occasions, armed with tripod, view camera, lawn chair, coffee thermos and books on tape, Burgin had success on a moonless night, Mother's Day, 2004....

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Rivers of Change

Thousands have lived without love, not one without water. (-W. H. Auden)

Recent cycles of drought and deluge have brought water to the forefront of regional environmental issues. Here’s a look at the state of H2O in Appalachia.

In late March 2009, some 400 people came to the campus of Warren Wilson College outside Asheville for the first annual Headwaters Gathering. Under skies sunny and stormy by turns as spring struggled to wrench the season away from winter, they heard from some of the country’s leading scientists, activists and writers about a different kind of change in the weather – global climate change....

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Water Getaways

Discover cool water getaways in the Blue Ridge

There's something soothing in the sound of a rushing creek, the long view over a smooth blue lake, the slow movement of a river… and certainly in the warm waters of a spa.

We sent out a call to the region, looking for water getaways, and here are some of the suggestions that came back to us. Take your pick of weekends or weeks away.

(Photo courtesy of Chuck Martin)...

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Wildflower Walks And Drives In The Smoky Mountains

Take a wildflower stroll through the Smoky Mountains

Come with me to my favorite places in the Smokies for the spring bloom, places I return to year after year for the best flowers in the park.

In general, good displays start in mid-April at the lower elevations (around 2,000 feet) and continue at various higher locations to the end of the month....

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Meadow River Lumber Company

The little town of Rainelle, WV had the world’s largest hardwood mill

The little town of Rainelle came into being as the result of the world’s largest hardwood mill, run by the Brothers Raine. Gone now for more than three decades, Meadow River Lumber lives only in the memories of older members of its former home.

For 60 years, Meadow River Lumber Company, in tiny Rainelle, WV, was the largest hardwood mill in the world. People were born in Rainelle, grew up, married, raised families, became grandparents, never knowing a time when the mill had not existed.

(Photo by William E. Barrett courtesy of the…

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Turn-of-the-century Bramwell, West Virginia, was a rich little town with more millionaires than any place of its size in America. Tucked away in the coal fields, 14 millionaires or perhaps 19, depending on which account you read lived sumptuously alo...

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My husband and I rounded the corner from Pop's Ice Cream last Saturday night to see Jason Garnett up on a ladder, replacing a fluorescent in the Grandin Theatre marquee. "One bulb was a 'daylight' bulb and the rest were 'cool white,'" he explained later,...

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The Inn at Yonahlossee

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This wilderness resort began as a girls’ camp in the 1920s. Developer John Rice initially redesigned it as a tennis center in 1996. The area soon became an equestrian, conference and family getaway.

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Winning Dishes

Readers sent us their favorite restaurants for best Southern cooking and fine dining, favorite diners and favorite desserts. On the following pages are your votes, plus a selection of recipes – enjoy!

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