USA Today is holding a contest for “Best Historic Small Town” in the country, and Moundsville, WV (subject of our movie, which you can rent for $3.99 here) is one of the 20 contestants, along with places like Granbury, Texas; Mackinac Island, Michigan and Willamsburg, VA. (Full list here). It’s the contest’s only town in West Virginia.
Cast your vote here.
Here’s what USA Today says:
The town of Moundsville is home to one of West Virginia’s most fascinating historical attractions, the West Virginia State Penitentiary, dating back to 1876. The town also serves as the gateway to the Grave Creek Mound Archaeological Complex, one of the country’s largest conical burial grounds and a National Historic Landmark.
Votes are due by May 6, and you can vote once per day. The ten winning small towns will be announced on Friday, May 17.
A panel of experts including travel writers Eric Grossman, Marla Cimini and Gerrish Lopez, and Deborah Fallows (co-author of Our Towns: A 100,000 Journey into the Heart of America with James Fallows who recently reviewed Moundsville in The Atlantic), and Anna Hider of Roadtrippers chose these towns because they have “big histories and small populations – fewer than 30,000 people as of the last census – making them fun and affordable ways to dive into our nation’s past.”
John W. Miller
Moundsville is such a beautiful Histiric City. I just love walking down Jefferson Avenue, driving thru Grandvue, riding out to the creek , go down to the river and watch the Boats,the Historic Mound and Prison and beautiful country side. And the people who are so friendly and nice. What a wonderful City!
Take me home, country road. I love home. Moundsville, West Virginia