Infinite Road
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Narrated by The Storyteller 81 km · about 55 min · 11 stories

Through the New River Gorge and the coal country: life in the company camps, the C&O Railway that hauled the coal out, the bridge that turned a gorge into a crossing, and the Greenbrier — a resort with a Cold War bunker for Congress hidden behind the wallpaper.

The stories

In order along the route. Tap a dot on the map, or play them here.

  1. 1
    Beckley, West Virginia

    The Naming of Raleigh County

  2. 2
    Beaver, West Virginia

    Building Little Beaver Dam

  3. 3
    Beaver, West Virginia

    Life in West Virginia Coal Camps

  4. 4
    Shady Spring, West Virginia

    The Irish Mountain Community

  5. 5
    Sandstone, West Virginia

    The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway

  6. 6
    Meadow Bridge, West Virginia

    The New River Gorge Bridge

  7. 7
    Meadow Bridge, West Virginia

    The Battle of Droop Mountain

  8. 8
    Smoot, West Virginia

    The History of Sam Black Church

  9. 9
    Crawley, West Virginia

    The Greenbrier’s Hidden Cold War Bunker Deep Dive · Part 1 of 3

  10. 10
    Asbury, West Virginia

    The Greenbrier’s Hidden Cold War Bunker Deep Dive · Part 2 of 3

  11. 11
    Lewisburg, West Virginia

    The Greenbrier’s Hidden Cold War Bunker Deep Dive · Part 3 of 3

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Where the stories come from

Infinite Road draws from a library of primary sources — public-domain county histories, the WPA American Guide Series, National Register of Historic Places records, local records, and encyclopedic sources — then writes and narrates each story in its own words.