I’m originally from Hinton (and descended from the Lilly Family, “Shootin Bob” was my g-g grandfather). Now that I’ve retired, the Bluestone is calling me home to leave behind the craziness of Northern Virginia. Even though I haven’t lived there in 50 years, I always called it home.
I'm from Mercer County, West Virginia and I know all about the Bluestone River. Fished on it all my life. I've seen the New River and been on the Gauley River. All of it is breathtaking in it's majesty and makes you realize why we call West Virginia Almost Heaven.
Seeing these documentaries brought back a lot of memories. I am retired now and a US Navy veteran, 79 yrs old , all my family gone now, we all were very poor. My dad's family were deeply involved in the holiness religion.
I am going to try and get a job in the US and I can get this done then we can get it done before we can make it happen again if we can make it work for us if you are still available to work with me on this
Love this area. As a rafter it is my paradise. Literally my Disney!! Best rafting in the U.S. for my money. Gauley season is beyond special especially running the whole river at once. You can almost hear angels singing at the put it!!
I was born in WVA and the New river and Gauley river we swam in , Summers there were glorious , rafting on the river , picnics occasionaly with a lot of cousins , I remember the good times , choose not to remember the hard times which were many for our Mother who supported 6 boy's, we left WVA when I was twelve , what a culture shock , I will always cherish the memories of those times , and of the people we left behind , most gone now , but that beautiful State will alway's live on. I will return to visit at least one more time ,hopefully soon .
Nick Rahall, thank you for your lifelong dedication to us and this beautiful area of our beloved country. Each and every Parks Service Employee, Outdoor Adventure Guides and Scientists show us their love of this place
Great video! I’ve traveled the mountains for 60 plus years and the one point that we can all agree on is that you just can’t get enough of them. By the way, Grandfather mountain host the Highland Games on a yearly basis also.
Being from Radford VA. 1945 moved to a coal camp in Beaver WVa, all my family were coal miners. The did a lot of strip mining a Grandview just across the hwy from Beaver. I have a lot of history in southern WVa.,Lewisburg, Raleigh, Beckley, Beaver, Shady Springs, Hinton. New River Galley, Nitro, Charleston.
So your saying the river is being fed by the Atlantic Ocean? Ummm think aboit what your saying here. The bew river turns into the kanawha river where the new and gauley river meet at gauley bridge Wv. The Kanawha dumps into the Ohio river which leads to the Mississippi River and then to the Gulf of Mexico. Which is again the ocean. For a river to be fed by an ocean. Travel probably a thousand miles abs Dump back into the ocean. Well. It’s just impossible.
Care to explain why the Greenbrier river isnt included in this..?? It joins the New river less than two miles downstream of the Bluestone. Plus, its longer and drains more area.... forget the fact that it's the longest unchecked (undammed) river in the state....🤔
Around 1:21:30, there's a segment about the Greenbrier River. At the time of the documentary's broadcast premiere, I don't believe the Greenbrier was under federal protection as were the Bluestone, Gauley and New Rivers.
I believe that about the New River is the River of Death, I am almost 60 and I have known of hundreds of people to drown in that river. Yes, it is beautiful, but deadly.
It has a lot of undercurrents. Where they take the rafts in. my Golden Retreiver was swimming in perfectly still water. I noticed she couldn't swim back to me. she was in circles...i went to get her and i could feel the bottom trying to pull me. I havent experienced that type of current in the ocean. Scary.
Introducing trout seasonally to a stream that willnot support them year around? Doing a great job of maintaining a naturally balanced eco-system guys! Bottom line is always the almighty dollar, isn't it?
I grew up in southern WVa. . I was really disappointed when I drove my family up from SC.a few years ago and we stopped at Pipestem. The main lodge rooms were shabby and run down looking.
Your correct,my family lived in Logan also by way of Newnan Georgia. My great-grandfather was the first Black person to be buried In Madison & then the rest of the family moved to Beckley & Cleveland Ohio.
@@TheCfrazier wow my father went to high school in Logan and married his high school sweetheart and moved to Chicago for a year or 2 and settled in Cleveland Ohio and I was raised in Cleveland Ohio
Water and wildlife is everything to West Virginia and we should base everything around it. Trump made it legal for coal companies to pollute the waterways.
lee hancock trump as promised eliminated Obama's stream protection rule. While the Obama rule wouldn’t have been an outright ban on the practice of placing excess spoil in waterways, it did place strict regulations on where new permits could be issued based on their potential for surface water contamination. The main goal of regulations like these is to reduce the occurrence of an environmental hazard known as acid mine runoff
The state road should make the roads in bluefield West Virginia more flat landed the state roads to make the roads in Beckley West Virginia more flat landed
I can appreciate the desire to preserve the natural beauty of WV, but for one of the poorest states in the Union to continually close down industry in the name of preserving nature seems self destructive to a point. I guess that want to keep it beautiful for people to see as they pass through. The state is rich in natural resources and poor in everything else. Sounds about normal for the current path of our country. To preserve nature for future generations who are becoming more and more unable to afford housing and can't find employment seems like tying our own noose. Foolishness.
I guess she'll rather live in those big crowded cities where all those people are living on the streets and defecating and whatever else they do drugs whatever. No it's not just a pass by state sorry for your luck but I think I'll stay here in God's country because it is beautiful and yes she can afford to live here and no not everybody lives in shanties and has out houses. Just like most people that don't know the state of West Virginia you're just ill informed. Glad you're not living here stay where you're at and be happy.
People of Minden would not get in the waters of the New River . Bluestone nothing more than a runoff from Bluestone Mining. Gully has a whole nother set of challenges.
The state road should make the roads in bluefield West Virginia more flat landed the state roads to make the roads in Beckley West Virginia more flat landed
I’m originally from Hinton (and descended from the Lilly Family, “Shootin Bob” was my g-g grandfather). Now that I’ve retired, the Bluestone is calling me home to leave behind the craziness of Northern Virginia. Even though I haven’t lived there in 50 years, I always called it home.
I'm from Mercer County, West Virginia and I know all about the Bluestone River. Fished on it all my life. I've seen the New River and been on the Gauley River. All of it is breathtaking in it's majesty and makes you realize why we call West Virginia Almost Heaven.
Seeing these documentaries brought back a lot of memories. I am retired now and a US Navy veteran, 79 yrs old , all my family gone now, we all were very poor. My dad's family were deeply involved in the holiness religion.
instablaster.
I know they don't all do this, but did they handle snakes?
This is my birth place, love listening to the train in the mountains high above Gaugly mountains.
Great music, I love that song called Country Road...🌹🐱🐉✨🎶🐱🚀🌹💥🎡💥🌹🐱🏍
I am going to try and get a job in the US and I can get this done then we can get it done before we can make it happen again if we can make it work for us if you are still available to work with me on this
Love this area. As a rafter it is my paradise. Literally my Disney!! Best rafting in the U.S. for my money. Gauley season is beyond special especially running the whole river at once. You can almost hear angels singing at the put it!!
Around 1:21:30 is a segment regarding the Greenbrier River.
I was born in Iaeger West Virginia and it is one beautiful countryside!
I was raised in West Virginia it's the most beautiful place on Earth
I was born in WVA and the New river and Gauley river we swam in , Summers there were glorious , rafting on the river , picnics occasionaly with a lot of cousins , I remember the good times , choose not to remember the hard times which were many for our Mother who supported 6 boy's, we left WVA when I was twelve , what a culture shock , I will always cherish the memories of those times , and of the people we left behind , most gone now , but that beautiful State will alway's live on. I will return to visit at least one more time ,hopefully soon .
Thank you for a beautiful video. I went to WVU and my parents moved to Mannington in the late 80s. The Appalachians are a national treasure.
Nick Rahall, thank you for your lifelong dedication to us and this beautiful area of our beloved country. Each and every Parks Service Employee, Outdoor Adventure Guides and Scientists show us their love of this place
Fantastic so wild and beautiful.Great job
Beautiful film, very informative and I love this place! I live near it all!❤
You are blessed.
What a great show, about great places, made by a great filmmaker.
Thanks for sharing.
How can you not Love that
I truly enjoyed this. It leaves one hopeful.
My daughter and son in law went to New River Gorge. They loved it. Went rafting.
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Great video! I’ve traveled the mountains for 60 plus years and the one point that we can all agree on is that you just can’t get enough of them. By the way, Grandfather mountain host the Highland Games on a yearly basis also.
Being from Radford VA. 1945 moved to a coal camp in Beaver WVa, all my family were coal miners. The did a lot of strip mining a Grandview just across the hwy from Beaver. I have a lot of history in southern WVa.,Lewisburg, Raleigh, Beckley, Beaver, Shady Springs, Hinton. New River Galley, Nitro, Charleston.
Beautiful.
Belle rivière, may it stay that clean, 🌹🎡🐱🐉✨
Now THAT'S progress!
this is wonderful
Allison Foster 💯🙌😊
Living in Salem Virginia i used to see 419W, the road into West Virginia, and it looked like a road into the dark forest of Robin Hood lore.
I live in Radford
Watching this makes me so home sick. I can't wait to get back.
Been swimming in all 3 years ago
Well my mom and dad are from W.Va I grew up in W.Va and love the state grew up in Greenbriar Co Alta Alderson
I could live in these mountains and valleys and fish in these rivers 😍 for a life time with a video camera in my hand.
Lived in wv for my first 28 years. The only reason I go visit is because of the New River.
New River actually starts at Jacksonville, NC from the Atlantic Ocean
So your saying the river is being fed by the Atlantic Ocean? Ummm think aboit what your saying here. The bew river turns into the kanawha river where the new and gauley river meet at gauley bridge Wv. The Kanawha dumps into the Ohio river which leads to the Mississippi River and then to the Gulf of Mexico. Which is again the ocean. For a river to be fed by an ocean. Travel probably a thousand miles abs Dump back into the ocean. Well. It’s just impossible.
Coastal new river is not the new river in this video. This new river is sourced out of nw north carolina
Ends in Jacksonville NC
Two forks of the New River in Virginia come together to make the New River.
I am from WV, and this makes me home sick, Gauley bridge is close to home
Care to explain why the Greenbrier river isnt included in this..?? It joins the New river less than two miles downstream of the Bluestone. Plus, its longer and drains more area.... forget the fact that it's the longest unchecked (undammed) river in the state....🤔
Yes at Hinton New River, Greenbrier, Bluestone meet
Right by the dam the bridge that crosses over to the Bluestone camping area
I was curious about that too. I am from Hinton (specifically Bellepoint) and was surprised the Greenbrier wasn’t mentioned
Around 1:21:30, there's a segment about the Greenbrier River. At the time of the documentary's broadcast premiere, I don't believe the Greenbrier was under federal protection as were the Bluestone, Gauley and New Rivers.
The Greenbrier is on WVPB's
3 Rivers, at least the version I produced.
Rangers ....living a dream ..cant get any better.
Just came across this video, Jim is retired now but he was one of the best naturalist the state has ever had.
Natural areas are great for just one reason.
PLACE WHERE I CALL HOME.
Awsome buddy i found same thing here in ohio thank you for sharring
My home...
I spent a lot of time near the on the Gauley out side of Bolair, we had a coal tipple there
AND WEST VIRGINIA HAS 50 STATE PARKS.
Love my home state
Living The Drram
I believe that about the New River is the River of Death, I am almost 60 and I have known of hundreds of people to drown in that river. Yes, it is beautiful, but deadly.
Hundreds...??!!! Yeah, right...🙄 I live thirty miles away and can't count fifty in thirty years...and I'm 63..😏
It has a lot of undercurrents. Where they take the rafts in. my Golden Retreiver was swimming in perfectly still water. I noticed she couldn't swim back to me. she was in circles...i went to get her and i could feel the bottom trying to pull me. I havent experienced that type of current in the ocean. Scary.
The Indians named it river of death,but back about end of civil war it was known as watts river
We need to build more interstates and bridges in Princeton West Virginia
We need more bridges in interstates in southern West Virginia
We need to build more bridges in interstates in bluefield West Virginia
Mt Nebo .. is it Alnost Heaven so buying land and cabin their is a home Run
The state road should make the roads in Princeton West Virginia more flat landed
The state roads to make the roads flat landed in West Virginia Southern West Virginia
Introducing trout seasonally to a stream that willnot support them year around? Doing a great job of maintaining a naturally balanced eco-system guys! Bottom line is always the almighty dollar, isn't it?
I grew up in southern WVa. . I was really disappointed when I drove my family up from SC.a few years ago and we stopped at Pipestem. The main lodge rooms were shabby and run down looking.
LOL
I havent been to pipestem since 77.
We stayed there for vacation.
Fishing’s went down hill in a lot of places. You should have left the rivers alone.
The fishing Is much better now.
IF YOU LOVE HISTORY
VISIT BULLTOWN HISTORICAL SITE
IN BRAXTON COUNTY W.VA.
Lotsa beautiful places on this world but the writing is on the wall. Nothing or no one can change the inevitable. We all die.
Why do Americans always talk about "the first Europeans to see this and that"?
Times have always been tough for us hillbillies ,my nick name is Buck, am from queen sholes area dutch ridge.west virgina, lol
They should make the roads flatter in southern West Virginia flat landed
14:39 grow op?
Sidney Smith that dies look like some tall buds! More power to them!
Sidney Smith 😉🙌🌱💚😊
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And dismonds minerals
He said white people move there white people wasn't the only people in them hills and valleys my father was raised from 13 till 18 in 1948 in Logan WV
Your correct,my family lived in Logan also by way of Newnan Georgia. My great-grandfather was the first Black person to be buried In Madison & then the rest of the family moved to Beckley & Cleveland Ohio.
@@TheCfrazier wow my father went to high school in Logan and married his high school sweetheart and moved to Chicago for a year or 2 and settled in Cleveland Ohio and I was raised in Cleveland Ohio
Water and wildlife is everything to West Virginia and we should base everything around it.
Trump made it legal for coal companies to pollute the waterways.
So....turn off your electrical devices and stop giving them a reason to use the coal...😏
@@brucefisher4025
You do know that there are Other Energy Sources to power the grid.
Prove it.
lee hancock trump as promised eliminated Obama's stream protection rule. While the Obama rule wouldn’t have been an outright ban on the practice of placing excess spoil in waterways, it did place strict regulations on where new permits could be issued based on their potential for surface water contamination. The main goal of regulations like these is to reduce the occurrence of an environmental hazard known as acid mine runoff
The state road should make the roads in bluefield West Virginia more flat landed the state roads to make the roads in Beckley West Virginia more flat landed
closed captioning would help to learn to read...thumbs down
although translations always fault and fail to bring the message to life...
I can appreciate the desire to preserve the natural beauty of WV, but for one of the poorest states in the Union to continually close down industry in the name of preserving nature seems self destructive to a point. I guess that want to keep it beautiful for people to see as they pass through. The state is rich in natural resources and poor in everything else. Sounds about normal for the current path of our country. To preserve nature for future generations who are becoming more and more unable to afford housing and can't find employment seems like tying our own noose. Foolishness.
Do you want your coal mines back. You know what coal sludge does to water. Turns it into poison. You can’t live without water.
@@barbaracilley8200 I guess keeping it beautiful and unoccupied is the way to go. The pass through but don't stop state...lol
I guess she'll rather live in those big crowded cities where all those people are living on the streets and defecating and whatever else they do drugs whatever. No it's not just a pass by state sorry for your luck but I think I'll stay here in God's country because it is beautiful and yes she can afford to live here and no not everybody lives in shanties and has out houses. Just like most people that don't know the state of West Virginia you're just ill informed. Glad you're not living here stay where you're at and be happy.
Leave nature alone
People of Minden would not get in the waters of the New River . Bluestone nothing more than a runoff from Bluestone Mining. Gully has a whole nother set of challenges.
But I don’t want to put it backs on the tax payers
And "trumpy" did everything he COULD to destroy ALL of it.
He was trying to keep jobs there for you ppl
We need to build more interstates and bridges in Beckley West Virginia
The state road should make the roads in bluefield West Virginia more flat landed the state roads to make the roads in Beckley West Virginia more flat landed
We need to build more interstates and bridges in Beckley West Virginia