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The greater Clarksburg area consists of special communities with unique pasts with promising futures. Scattered throughout our area are small towns offering a wide variety of things to make life pleasant. Golf at several country clubs, hunt in the woods and fields, fish in nearby streams and lakes and visit local malls and scattered specialty shops. businesses have built or relocated here due to easy access to mid-Atlantic metropolitan areas. They include FBI Fingerprint Identification Facility, Lockheed-Martin, Winfield Corporation and the West Virginia Aerospace Center. Excellent medical facilities include one of the finest VA hospitals in the East. Our recently opened VA Nursing Home provides full-time care for our honored veterans. United Hospital Center is constructing a state- of-the-art facility along the Corridor D of 1-79 to bring the quality of life to the forefront in our area.
recreational areas is Stonewall Jackson Dam and Resort in adjacent Lewis County. Easy to reach via 1-79, this 2,000 acre lake with 82 miles of shoreline is part of a 20,000 acre outdoor area. The addition of the new Arnold Palmer golf course adds to the splendor. For boaters, there isn't a finer water sports arena than Tygart Lake with its 10-mile lake. Camping doesn't get any better than Audra State Park in nearby Upshur County. Our own Watters Smith State Park offer many activities including swimming, serene picnic areas, hiking trails and a historical museum. The North Bend Rails to Trails is a 66-mile stretch of railroad line in four counties with plans by the Harrison County Commission to connect all lines crossing through our county on the west, north and south. This expansion will make Clarksburg the hub of this outdoor recreational Mecca for joggers, bikers and horseback riders. A section running from Lost Creek area of the county has now been completed to the city's Veteran's Memorial Park.
Festivals and celebrations of heritages abound in our area as well as recreations of pioneer life with Fort New Salem and Prickett's Fort. Prickett's Fort is located in Fairmont just 15 miles east from Clarksburg and Fort New Salem is located 12 miles west of Clarksburg along Route 50 near the town of Salem. Covered bridges, civil war trenches and historical graves and landmarks abound in this area as well. Clarksburg city parks offer live bands on summer nights and the permanent fixture of the Wheeling Symphony Orchestra on July 4th in the City of Clarksburg Park.
Festivals and celebrations of heritages abound in our area as well as recreations of pioneer life with Fort New Salem and Prickett's Fort. Covered bridges, civil war trenches and historical graves and landmarks abound in this area as well. Clarksburg city parks offer live bands on summer nights and the permanent fixture of the Wheeling Symphony Orchestra for the July 4th holiday is a highlight.
As the birthplace of Stonewall Jackson, Clarksburg is a great place for an American history lesson. With its significant past, there's an abundance of historical places to visit and travel where Stonewall walked. |
