Connect With Us
Facebook-f X-twitter Youtube Instagram

Features

CURRENT Features

Seth & Courtney Umbarger: Conservationists on the Farm

The Southwest Virginia couple’s efforts have advanced beyond farm-to-table to a new effort: farm-to-school.

Photo Essay: Instagram-worthy Spots Your Dog Will Love

We asked our readers for their favorite images of their dogs in the mountains. And boy, did they ever come through!

‘Books of the Earth’ – Virginia’s Soapstone Legacy

The versatile, utilitarian rock is found at Schuyler, Virginia, and mined there by the nation’s oldest and largest producer of American soapstone.

West Virginia 4,800-footer: The Four Lives of Cheat Mountain

Over the last 160 years, the identity of the peak has changed, changed, changed and changed again.

The Vagabond Tweetsie No. 12

Yes, the little engine began its life where it rolls today, but made a trek to Virginia and nearly ended up in California. Gene Autry Nearly Owned It.

Current Issue

Seth and Courtney Umbarger, here on their Laurel Springs Farm with some of their livestock, also work to inspire area students to have an interest in agriculture.

Seth & Courtney Umbarger: Conservationists on the Farm

The Southwest Virginia couple’s efforts have advanced beyond farm-to-table to a new effort: farm-to-school.
Lily, owned by Scott Ramsey, stands sentinel at Black Balsam Knob, near Milepost 420 of the North Carolina Blue Ridge Parkway, looking west at a beautiful sunset.

Photo Essay: Instagram-worthy Spots Your Dog Will Love

We asked our readers for their favorite images of their dogs in the mountains. And boy, did they ever come through!
Ancient soapstone artifacts are on display at Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center in Townsend, Tennessee.

‘Books of the Earth’ – Virginia’s Soapstone Legacy

The versatile, utilitarian rock is found at Schuyler, Virginia, and mined there by the nation’s oldest and largest producer of American soapstone.
Clockwise from top left: • Fort Milroy rendering,1861. • Harvesting timber near Cheat’s summit in the early 1900s. • Cass was once home to a bustling train station and numerous families who brought life to the railway. • Snowshoe Mountain Resort is among the Southeast’s premier winter destinations. (Photo courtesy Snowshoe Mountain Resort)

West Virginia 4,800-footer: The Four Lives of Cheat Mountain

Over the last 160 years, the identity of the peak has changed, changed, changed and changed again.
Roll on, Tweetsie: Engine No. 12 pulls passenger cars over a wooden trestle at Tweetsie Railroad in Blowing Rock, North Carolina.

The Vagabond Tweetsie No. 12

Yes, the little engine began its life where it rolls today, but made a trek to Virginia and nearly ended up in California. Gene Autry Nearly Owned It.
VIEW MORE

Departments

CALENDAR OF EVENTS