It is day four and we are moving a little slower but we have another full and exciting day. We go to Green Bank the first and see the radio telescopes. It is huge. Next we go to Cass and see the town and the Shay locomotive ( a slow powerful, smoky train). The timber business was very important and Cass showed how a timber town could spring up and the importance of the railway in getting the wood to the saw mills. Then we went off to Pearl Buck’s birthplace. Af
ter that we went to Droop Mountain Battlefield , the last significant battle in West Virginia during the Civil War . In the picture you can see why they would want to hold droop mountain since it looks down on the surrounding countryside. In this battle the Confederates lost their chance to control West Virginia. Finally we went to Cranberry Glades. Here we were able to see the succession of a bog from a glade to a shrub forest to a bog forest to a forest. The bog ground felt like a big sponge. I learned many facts here and saw plants that you usually do not see like a pitcher plant, and a wild orchid. Next we had a wonderful dinner and then watched Matewan to get ourselves rea
dy to see Thurmond tomorrow.
ter that we went to Droop Mountain Battlefield , the last significant battle in West Virginia during the Civil War . In the picture you can see why they would want to hold droop mountain since it looks down on the surrounding countryside. In this battle the Confederates lost their chance to control West Virginia. Finally we went to Cranberry Glades. Here we were able to see the succession of a bog from a glade to a shrub forest to a bog forest to a forest. The bog ground felt like a big sponge. I learned many facts here and saw plants that you usually do not see like a pitcher plant, and a wild orchid. Next we had a wonderful dinner and then watched Matewan to get ourselves rea
dy to see Thurmond tomorrow.
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