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High style in the "half-mile-high city"

Country store nearCowen, WV, Webster County, Allegheny Highlands Region

At 2,582 feet above sea level, the "half-mile-high city" of Terra Alta, West Virginia, in Preston County, gained fame as the highest point on the route of the B&O Railroad.

Hillsboro store stands along US 219

Pocahontas County Court House

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