Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, many new hobbies were adopted. For four retired friends, respite was found in learning to forage in the forests of West Virginia. Inspired by a growing interest in the practice, they formed The Foraging Queens, a group dedicated to volunteer work and ...
Elmer Rich had himself a pretty good deal in Arthurdale nine years ago. On a golden July afternoon, the renowned fiddler, then 94, was sawing out timeless tunes — “Arkansas Traveler,” “Dill Pickle Rag” and the like — in the tiny Preston County town that sits in the bend of ...
ARTHURDALE — Arthurdale Heritage is out to get your goat, but in a good way. On Saturday, the Goat Gallop 5k returns to AHI after being on hiatus for a few years because of, you guessed it, COVID-19. People can run, walk, or stroll while getting a view of historic Arthurdale and its ...
KINGWOOD -- Arthurdale Heritage Inc. is looking to expand by building a $2.5 million mixed use commercial and educational space. “Our mission in 1934 was community development and it has become historic preservation,” Executive Director Darlene Bolyard said. “We are quickly moving ...
Make Arthurdale a national historic site As Randy Vealey‘s Dec. 26 guest essay discussed, tourism is an important economic growth engine for the Mountain State. An effort is underway to enhance tourism at Arthurdale, the historic New Deal project in Preston County, through acceptance ...
by Randy Vealey Those who do learn history may sometimes be fortunate enough to repeat it. Yes, I’m standing the common saying — “Those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it” — on its head. What I’m advocating is that one brilliant chapter of history actually ...