WELCOME TO
FORT NEW SALEM

Fort New Salem is a representative frontier log house settlement of 19th century West(ern) Virginia. Our 8-acre campus features 17 Appalachian log structures. Thanks for visiting our site. Join us for our 35th annual Dulcimer Festival on August 7 - 9. Thins start with a concert on Friday August 7 at 7:30. Saturday is a day of music workshops along with artisan demonstrations. We open at 9 AM and cap things off with a concert at 7:30 PM. Sunday rounds out the event with workshops and demonstrations along with a circle of musing at 2 PM, an outdoor concert that has as its finale, Country Roads!

 

We dedicate the 2026 season to celebrate the birth of America!  Each of our events, when possible, will add some unique patriotic flavor and visitors will our campus decorated with our special edition logo!

 

 

 

  • NEW EPISODE - FEATURES US

    Our OLD KITCHEN is featured in EPISODE 5 of Mountainthology, a minidocuentary program produced by WV Public Broadcasting and now streaming PBS.org and YouTube.

  • "Always Free: Mountaineers in the Revolution."

    West Virginia Public Broadcasting produced a four-part
    documentary highlighting the region's historical
    contributions entitled "Always Free: Mountaineers in
    the Revolution." All four episodes are streaming on pbs.org and YouTube

  • COMMUNITY BELL RINGING

    Join us on July 4th at 12 noon gathering together for our community bell ringing to celebrate America's birthday! This free event will involve our guests taking turns to ring our bell 250 times!

  • 2026 EVENT SPONSOR

    We welcome Long Reach Federal Credit Union an event sponsor for Myths of the Mountains! We appreciate their support.

  • 2026 FULL SEASON SPONSOR

    We welcome Salem University as a 2026 full season sponsor of our programming. We deeply appreciate your ongoing support!

  • 2026 EVENT SPONSOR

    We welcome West Union Bank as an event sponsor for Spirit of Christmas in the Mountains! We appreciate their ongoing support.

  • 2026 EVENT SPONSOR

    We welcome Salem Shop 'n Save Express as an event sponsor for the John Randolph Spring Arts Kick Off and our Weekend of Workshops! We appreciate their ongoing support.

  • NEW 250 LOGO REVEALED

    We have designed a new logo to celebrate our country's 250th anniversary!

  • 2026 EVENT SPONSOR

    We welcome Jay Bee Oil as an event sponsor for Apple Butter Day and Fall Fort Day! We appreciate their ongoing support.

  • WELCOME WV PUBLIC BROADCASTING

    2026 is the 250th Anniversary of our country. We welcome back WV Public Broadcasting to our campus for additional filming portions of their documentary on the upcoming anniversary.

  • NOW RECRUITING VENDORS

    Are you an Arts and Crafts vendor whose product aligns with Appalachian Village? Contact us about joining us for select dates in a 2026 season. We do not charge a VENDOR FEE.

  • 2026 FULL SEASON SPONSOR

    We welcome Burke & Herbert Bank as continuing sponsor of our 2026 FULL Season of events.

  • 2026 FULL SEASON SPONSOR

    We welcome WVU MEDICINE - UNITED HOSPITAL CENTER as a sponsor of our 2026 FULL Season of events.

  • NEW EVENT SPONSOR 2025

    We welcome the West Union Bank as a continuing sponsor of the 2025 Spirit of Christmas in the Mountains.

  • NEW EVENT ADDED FOR 2025

    We are partnering with the Salem Apple Butter Festival to be Irish Road Bowling as a "September To Rember" event. It will be 1:30 on September 14th

  • HELP SAVE THE GREEN TREE

    We announce our PRESERVE APPALACHIA campaign to restore and reopen the GREEN TREE TAVERN!

  • QR CODES

    We now have QR codes attached to our structures and gardens for our visitors to explore into the rich history behind what you see.

  • THANKS WVU EXTENSION

    We appreciate the ongoing partnership with the WVU Extension Harrison County Master Gardeners and their work on both the Dye and Apothecary garden. We love the new signs (with QR codes)

  • Follow us on Instagram

    We are now on INSTAGRAM
    https://instagram.com/preserve.appalachia

  • New Chestnut trees planted

    We are pleased to partner with the West Virginia Chapter of the American Chestnut Foundation and support the rebirth of the American Chestnut Tree with the recent planting of several saplings.

  • New Fall Flags

    Attendees at our October events saw our new Fall Flags decorating our campus.

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MISSION STATEMENT

Fort New Salem Foundation, Inc. exists to support Fort New Salem in preserving and advancing the educational, historical, cultural and social aspects of Nineteenth Century West(ern) Virginia.

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