Our Views: ; Expanding Canaan Valley; Encouraging Private Investment Would Help the State-Owned Resort

Charleston Daily Mail › December 28, 2006

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IN 1971, John Denver had just released his single, "Take Me Home, Country Roads," when Murray Dearborn got the first contract to operate the state-owned Canaan Valley Resort.

Both the song and the resort would change attitudes about West Virginia, attracting visitors to a state sometimes known to the outside world in negative terms.

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Our Views: ; Expanding Canaan Valley; Encouraging Private Investment Would Help the State-Owned Resort

Much has changed in the 35 years since. Tourism has become a major industry in Tucker...

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