Two decades before the United States declared independence from Great Britain, the Americas endured a long war between the colonies of the British and the French, with Appalachia serving as a significant region of conflict.
Becoming a Birder
This story was originally published in the September 2021 issue of Wonderful West Virginia. To subscribe, visit wonderfulwv.com. Written by Clay AbneyPhotographed by Keith Richardson Back in the spring, a green wave of vegetation rolled north, signaling the annual migration of neotropical birds including the scarlet tanager, the yellow-billed cuckoo, two species