( CNN ) -- `` Muddin '' in the neighborhood `` holler , '' bringing raw deer meat to a party and brawling with a neighbor after noise complaints -- `` Jersey Shore '' is so over . Welcome `` Buckwild , '' an MTV reality show that debuted Thursday featuring nine young adults from West Virginia . Often stereotyped and sometimes forgotten as its own state , West Virginia is now at the center of MTV 's latest drunken portrayal of young people goofing off ( and occasionally working ) . The show uses subtitles in case viewers do n't understand some of the accents . # Buckwild : 10 crazy tweets about the new show . `` You preyed on young people , coaxed them into displaying shameful behavior -- and now you are profiting from it , '' charged U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin , D-West Virgina , in a December letter to MTV asking the cable network to cancel the show . That 's not likely to happen , though several reviews have panned the show . `` Not only is it another tired portrayal of Southern stereotypes , but it 's also inexcusably poorly executed , '' claims the Hollywood Reporter . The state 's tourism officials seem to have shrugged off the stereotypes . `` While some reality television programming is designed to excite , entice and generally entertain viewers , these types of programs tend to represent an extremely small segment of a population . This program does not represent our state or our citizens , '' the West Virginia Division of Tourism said in a statement . The spotlight may help promote the state , as the `` Jersey Shore '' did for that state , despite the antics of Nicole `` Snooki '' Polizzi and Mike `` The Situation '' Sorrentino . Much ado about `` Buckwild '' There 's more to West Virginia than `` Buckwild '' suggests . Born of a group of anti-slavery citizens in western Virginia who would not secede with Virginia , West Virginia became its own state on June 20 , 1863 . The state celebrates 150 years of statehood this June . `` West Virginia is looking forward to celebrating its 150th anniversary , '' said Jacqueline Proctor , deputy commissioner at the West Virginia Division of Tourism . `` Our state is steeped in the history of the nation and born of the Civil War . '' The state 's tourism website highlights the events that formed West Virginia . `` These locations and other events off the battlefield not only influenced the war itself but the very shape of our state . Communities across the state are developing commemorations , reenactments and celebrations . The entire state will recognize the formation of West Virginia on June 20th . '' An abolitionist state . The state has a long an illustrious history of anti-slavery activity . And nowhere is that more pronounced than Harpers Ferry National Historic Park . In 1859 , John Brown and his supporters attacked the U.S. Armory and Arsenal at Harpers Ferry , attempting to capture the arms there for a slave uprising . After being captured , charged with `` conspiring with slaves to commit treason and murder , '' Brown was convicted and hanged for his crimes . Harpers Ferry was also the site of the arrival of the first working railroad and one of the earliest integrated schools in this country , where former slaves were educated . Where the Hatfields and McCoys duked it out . The Hatfield-McCoy Mountains of southern West Virginia take their name from the bitter feud fought between those two infamous families in West Virginia and Kentucky . The West Virginia town of Historic Matewan is located between the homes of Devil Anse Hatfield and Randle McCoy . It 's also where Sid Hatfield was buried . But the activities in those mountains do n't just appeal to history buffs . Dirt bike and ATV riders can find plenty to do on over 500 miles of trails included in the Hatfield-McCoy Trail System . `` Buckwild '' producer : Show is n't like a train wreck . What 's old is new again . A National Historic landmark , the Greenbrier has been hosting visitors since 1778 . Located in White Sulphur Springs and surrounded by the Allegheny Mountains , the resort was renovated a few years ago and offers fine dining , a spa and championship golf course . Golf Magazine even gave the golf course a shout out in 2010 . If you live in West Virginia or have visited the state , where would you recommend visitors go ?
`` `` Buckwild '' on ATV features the antics of two young Snooki . Sen. Joe Manchin objects to the show ; tourism officials say it does n't represent the state . West Virginia was born out of residents ' refusal to support slavery and secede from the union . The state is celebrating its first birthday this year .