Rainbow Color Seasonal Walk | Bluefield, WV 24701 | Sunday ... in Bluefield

Rainbow Color Seasonal Walk | Bluefield, WV 24701 | Sunday ...

The trail will include the historic downtown of Bluefield. The trail will be different in 2012 than the 2011 trail. At 2,655 feet above sea level, Bluefield is West Virginia's most elevated city, lying in the extreme southern portion of the state, in the shadow of East River Mountain. There is substantial evidence of extensive Native American inhabitation in the limestone valleys along the East and Bluestone Rivers, but Bluefield's modern history began with the arrival of the hardy Scots-Irish pioneer Davidson and Bailey families shortly after the American Revolution. Bluefield's active Chamber of Commerce hosts the annual Mountain Festival each Memorial Day weekend, and new hotels have made Bluefield a leader in regional conferences and reunions. Antique shops, clubs, restaurants and trendy boutiques proliferate in south Bluefield along Jefferson Street. Ripley's Believe It or Not includes Bluefield's oldest school, Ramsey Elementary, because it has entrances on seven different levels. The Bluefield Orioles has the longest running continuous relationship with a major league team (since 1958).

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