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[–] organic1 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago  (edited ago)

Here's a starting point: The Greenbrier River Trail - Droop Mountain Tunnel https://bridgehunter.com/wv/greenbrier/droop-mountain-tunnel/

Edit to Add: This is interesting! "Patch" Adams, the doctor portrayed by Robin Williams, attempted to build a children's hospital smack beside Droop Mountain, but it never went anywhere.

"The movie suggests that the hospital is currently under construction and everything is sunshine, lollipops and rainbows. In truth, there are only outbuildings, including a three-story workshop, a couple of yurts and a five-person dwelling on the Gesundheit! tract near Droop Mountain in Pocahontas County.

Adams has been quoted as saying he's raised a million dollars for the project. Linda Edquist, who was married to Adams for 26 years and who is definitely bitter about their divorce last summer, says a lot of the money raised by the foundation goes to pay Adams's salary and the rent on his modest Arlington town house. Adams, on the other hand, says that all he has to show for his efforts is $5,000."

More about Adams:

"He says he has made 14 trips to Russia to entertain at orphanages and recently expanded his visits to include refugee camps in Bosnia. He traveled to Trinidad to clown for murderers who were hanged three days later. When not clowning, Adams lectures at medical schools, corporations and community groups, for which he regularly earns fees of up to $20,000."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1998/12/25/the-doctor-is-out-way-out/295ead0b-5c06-4109-94b1-9aef3e578d15/

Actually, from this article, the hospital is now fully functioning and Patch and his brother, Wildman, have their clown tours go to Russian hospitals and orphanages to entertain the children. http://wvuncovered.wvu.edu/stories/fall_2010/caring_for_health