This post is part of an ongoing project: scanning my old slides and negatives (late 1970’s to 2004) to digital.
In July 1983, the Photography Guild we were members of visited Pipestem State Park in West Virginia. It is a 4,050-acre park, the largest in the state, in southern West Virginia. It opened in 1970. We were told the location was picked to improve the economy. The land was rich in beauty but lacking in jobs. It has grown to a family-friendly outdoors destination with lots of activities. In 1983, it was a rugged, rural area just starting to develop.
Unfortunately, many of the slides from the trip did not survive the travel through time. Here are some that did.











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February 7, 2025





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