Fortune Seekers in the Promised Land: A Tale of Exploitation and Development in the Canaan Valley and Blackwater Region of West Virginia

by David J. Miller and Stephen C. Schimpff

West Virginia's Canaan Valley and Blackwater Canyon, being comprised of state parks, national forests, a wildlife refuge and a national wilderness, are a destination to reconnect with nature. Beautiful but it pales to its virgin state. 100 years ago it was a wasteland destroyed by clear-cut logging and aggressive coal mining. Schimpff and Miller detail in words & photographs the region's origin, discovery by speculators, desecration by developers,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1539046788
• ISBN13: 9781539046783
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"