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West Virginia the State Beautiful Official Tourist Guide of West Virginia, including Shenandoah Valley of VirginiaEntry/Object ID
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Foreward from the book:
IN PRESENTING Vol. 4, No. 4 of "West Virginia, the State Beautiful," to the tourist public, we do so with the assurance that due diligence has been employed and no reasonable expense spared to create the volume at once authentic, interesting and valuable to the travelling public and to the advertiser alike. This volume deviates somewhat from last year's number, in that the "Northern Gateway to the Mountain State," through Marietta, Ohio, into West Virginia via Parkersburg, over U. S. Route 21 is given precedence. In the 1927 Guide the Midland Trail (U. S. Route 60), out of Kentucky into Huntington, W. Va., occupied the first information pages. Next year's Guide (for 1929) will feature one of the other three main entrances- out of Virginia into West Virginia through Martinsburg in the Eastern Panhandle; out of Pennsylvania into West Virginia through Morgantown, or out of Ohio and Pennsylvania into West Virginia via Chester and Wheeling in the Northern Panhandle counties, the intent of the publishers being to eventually familiarize tourists with all entrances from adjoining states into West Virginia.
Insofar as has been possible we have endeavored to give in this volume information such as will benefit the tourist passing through West Virginia. The ever-popular strip maps have again been employed in locating the paved highways, while the large folder-map distinguishes as between paved, graveled and dirt roads, and both give distances between important points. While there may yet be sections of the State inaccessible to motorists the greater part of the year, there are nevertheless many miles of splendidly paved and substantially graveled highways leading to our most important cities, towns and villages and to the more important points of scenic beauties, battlefields and points of more than ordinary interest. In the detailed information spaces at the heads of pages bearing strip maps, and in captioned paragraphs, describing cities, towns, etc., we have faithfully endeavored to "tell the truth about West Virginia," and we submit our efforts in all good faith.
Twelve thousand copies of this edition of the Guide are for free distribution by advertisers, chambers of commerce, automobile clubs and hotels of West Virginia, and of adjoining states, and copies are being sent to many automobile clubs of distant states, for tourist information purposes. Copies are also on sale at leading book stores and newsstands throughout the State, or may be obtained by addressing the publishers. The sale price is 25c a copy; 30c when mailed anywhere in the United States.
We call the attention of our advertisers especially to this number of the Guide. A glance will reveal that this is no cheap publication, planned for the purpose only of making money, but rather that it is a well-printed, artistic, carefully-edited and costly publication, designed to attract visitors to West Virginia and to aid them when they come. We strive to keep our contracts with our patrons; we do not deceive them in order to get their patronage, or sell them something we cannot deliver, and we tell the truth about our circulation. We have received no donations from any source-have asked for none-and we have kept in mind also the idea of rendering our advertisers the most valuable service possible. This Guide is well established, has the confidence, we believe, of the people of the State, and is a favorite with tourists. It will be published regularly each year, appearing April 15th to May 1st-just when the tourist season is really opening- and will hope to merit continued and increased patronage as time passes.
Our very hearty thanks are due, and hereby tendered, to the West Virginia State Road Commission for valuable information and for special permission to use the splendid road map (copyrighted) herein contained; to West Virginia Wild Life Magazine for the use of cuts of scenic beauty-spots of the State, to all who have so generously aided in making the publication additionally interesting by contributing informative articles, and especially to the advertisers whose patronage is making the publications possible.
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Author
Bolden, G. A. & Bolden, Wm. S. (editors)Edition
1928 EditionPublisher
Tourist Publishing Company, Masonic TemplePlace Published
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Charleston, WVDate Published
1928