Bear hunting is a long running tradition in the mountains along US 219. It started more than 200 years ago, when farmers began to run sheep on their hill farms and the native black bear discovered a new food source. Nowadays bear hunting is a high tech sport, with radio tracking systems, GPS, and CB […]
Who doesn’t remember mail pouch barns? Do you have a Mail Pouch barn near you? Tell us about it or post a picture!
Has anybody ever ridden down these tracks before? What did you think about your trip?
Just off 219 near Edray, this beautiful old barn sits on the other side of a frozen pond. Beautiful!
This past weekend the little town of Helvetia tried its best to frighten away Old Man Winter at its Fasnacht festival. Hundreds of people thronged the streets of the remote Swiss community, many of them squeezing into the community hall for the square dance. People this year had large, papier-mâché masks that resembled long nosed-monsters, […]
The Monroe County Historical Society has begun the construction of a home in Union for their carriage collection. Inspired by the Greenbrier Historical Society’s Wagon House in Lewisburg, the 1000 square feet Gothic Revival style building will be large enough to accommodate five horse drawn vehicles. The ground has been leveled, the concrete floor has […]
The Peoples Store and Supply (Brill’s) was owned by Ira Brill and was located along 219 at the Greenbrier River bridge in Marlinton. No longer standing today. A book about Brill’s store is available through the Pocahontas Times’ store: The Store: Memories of the Peoples Store and Supply, by James Samuel Brill.
There were once at least 20 CJ stores – owned by CJ Casdorph of Ronceverte, who also ran a wholesale business. James Michael, ran the CJ store in Marlinton. His father in law, Charles Burns LaRue, ran a little store in Hillsboro. “I remember around x-mas he would have boxes of candy setting out on […]
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