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Helvetia – The Mountain State’s Unique Swiss Community

12/25/2023


Appalachian heritage is known to be spread among German, English, and Scots-Irish cultures, but a tiny town in West Virginia represents a different European union, Switzerland. Helvetia was founded by Swiss immigrants after the Civil War to create better lives for themselves in a new mountainous home. Their traditions and culture still survive as visitors make a purposeful visit to, or perhaps stumble upon, Helvetia, to find a place set apart not just from the state but from the nation as well.

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