{"id":15260,"count":1,"description":"Copen is an unincorporated community in Braxton County, central West Virginia, United States. Located at the confluence of Copen Creek and Bull Fork Creek. Its most famous resident was Melvin Wine (1909\u20132003), an acclaimed old-time fiddler.\nNeighboring towns: Flower; 1.5 miles west, Arnette; SE, Burnsville; east, Bower; north\nFormer Home of the Copen Yellowjackets mens softball team (1977\u20131997). The team played in the Braxton\/Gilmer Softball League, ASA and USSSA, and appeared in several state tournaments (Class D and E). the Yellowjackets placed in dozens of other tournaments throughout Central WV. The corp members of the team stayed together through most of the 20 years of the teams existence. The team played its home games at the Copen Softball Field located on J. Wine's farm.\nHome of The Copen School (?-1969). A 3 room K-8 school. Former poling place for Copen. Currently the location of the Copen Independent Baptist Church.\nFormer location of a railstop between Burnsville and...","link":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/tag\/copen\/","name":"Copen","slug":"copen","taxonomy":"post_tag","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/15260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/post_tag"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?tags=15260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}