Editing Marlinton, West Virginia (section)

==History==
Marlinton is named for Jacob Marlin, who, along with Stephen Sewell, became the first non-native settlers west of the [[Allegheny Mountains]], in the Greenbrier Valley in 1749.  New Englanders Marlin and Sewell built a cabin in what would become Marlinton, but after various religious disputes, Sewell moved into a nearby hollowed-out [[sycamore tree]].  In 1751, surveyor [[John Lewis (Virginia colonist)|John Lewis]] discovered the pair.  Sewell eventually settled on the eastern side of Sewell Mountain, near present-day [[Rainelle, West Virginia|Rainelle]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1508|title=Marlin and Sewell|website=The West Virginia Encyclopedia|access-date=December 1, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171006013008/http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1508|archive-date=October 6, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

Located at Marlinton and listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] are the [[Frank and Anna Hunter House]], [[IOOF Lodge Building (Marlinton, West Virginia)|IOOF Lodge Building]], [[Marlinton Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Station]], [[Marlinton Opera House]], [[Pocahontas County Courthouse and Jail]], and [[Pocahontas Times Print Shop]].<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>  Located near Marlinton are [[Droop Mountain Battlefield State Park|Droop Mountain Battlefield]] and [[Watoga State Park|New Deal Resources in Watoga State Park Historic District]].<ref name="nris"/>

As a result of its rural location and proximity to the facilities of the [[United States National Radio Quiet Zone]], the town has been a [[Internet in the United States|late adopter]] of [[Internet access|broadband Internet]]. A 2018 article in [[Vice (magazine)|Motherboard]] explains that the nearby Snowshoe Mountain ski resort has been able to provide fast internet, WiFi, and cell phone coverage by having a custom system built which is specially designed so as not to interfere with [[radio telescope]]s.<ref name=":0" />