Pendleton County, Where a bank chartered in 1852 keeps a branch on Main Street. Where the schools are the Wildcats and the Braves, and that covers all of them. Where the hardware store, the bank and the courthouse are all on the same street. Where the bank most people use opened in Franklin in 1925. Where the ramps come up in April and the whole county smells of them. Where Fort Seybert is a place, a date, and a thing people still bring up. Where the county clinic will see you the same day if you are sick. Where you get two bars of signal on the ridge and none in the valley. Where you can build a home and the only inspection you need is for the septic tank. Where Mass is at noon on Sunday, and that is the whole schedule. Where the tractor has right of way and nobody argues about it. Where an hour to a supermarket is not a complaint, just a fact.