Tuesday, April 16, 2024

Home Hikers, paddlers can visit New River's lost "Island of the Dead" Graves on Red Ash Island

Graves on Red Ash Island

Headstones hide in the dim light of wooded Red Ash Island in the New River Gorge.

Headstones hide in the dim light of wooded Red Ash Island in the New River Gorge near Thurmond, West Virginia

New River near Red Ash Island

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