This nearly forgotten Huntington district is becoming a tourist destination. A forgotten business hub, Central City until recently sat nearly abandoned on Huntington’s West End—empty save for the beer halls and bars that were home to rough and tumble men from nightfall to the early morning hours. Now a part of Huntington proper, the once-standalone city had a mayor of…
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Recent Stories from the Magazine
Humble Earth
Potter Kate Harward devotes her life to kids, craft, and contemplation. There’s something primal about pottery. Digging fingers in soft earth, joints aching with the effort of hours, cupping water over a hunk of clay and smoothing it to silk—human hands were the first artistic tools and many would say they remain the most expressive. “I love the fact that…
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A Lofty Idea
Holly Clark’s 100-year-old hay loft is a getaway for grown-ups. Remember those blanket forts you built as a kid? Depending on your preferred method of construction, they probably involved some combination of kitchen chairs and bed quilts. You might have furnished them with throw pillows, couch cushions, favorite storybooks, and stuffed animals. Kool-Aid and Goldfish crackers were likely involved. Before…
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The Gleam of Glass
Carriage House Glass at Oglebay Resort in Wheeling has something shiny for everyone. Light, color, and a sudden urge to “ooh” and “aah” greet most visitors when they step through the doors of Carriage House Glass on the grounds of Oglebay Resort & Conference Center in Wheeling. The more than 5,000-square-foot retail space is filled with everything from inexpensive marbles…
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Taste and See
This new Williamson café brings big-city taste to the coalfields. “We bounced around a whole lot of names before one stuck,” says Debbie Young, who owns a popular new café in downtown Williamson with her daughter Natalie Taylor and longtime friend Robyn Gannon. The trio eventually decided on 34:Ate, a nod to Psalms 34:8, which begins “O taste and see…
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