Charles Burns LaRue’s Store
This store was a special, unique place for many people in Hillsboro, West Virginia. These photos are all courtesy of Laura Kirk, Charles LaRue’s great-granddaughter.
Charles Burns . Photo courtesy of L. Kirk.
“He was a blacksmith in his early ages, and his shop was out behind the house where he and grandmother lived. It was just a small country store, but I remember the pot belly stove, and grand-dad and uncle graham setting around it talking.”-Tom Michael.
Charles LaRue beside the pot belly stove. Courtesy of L. Kirk.
Outside of LaRue’s store. Courtesy of L. Kirk.
Beside the pot belly stove, 1970. “Jane Kay Michael, with my older brother Chris as a baby. Charles is sitting in the chair with his daughter, Sis Michael, standing behind him.”- L. Kirk.
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