An Eastern Panhandle father of three found business inspiration at the end of his chin. Eric young has always had an entrepreneurial mind. He started his first business when he was just eight years old, growing and selling pumpkins and gourds door-to-door. When he got older, Young started building houses and ran an auto fiberglass shop. Things fell apart during…
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Native Ken Allman shares why his hometown of Hinton is the heart of almost heaven. This story was originally published in December 2017 on West Virginia Living’s website and updated in June 2022. To subscribe, visit wvliving.com. Written by Ken AllmanPhotographed by Nikki Bowman Mills Even though it’s slightly off the beaten track, my hometown of Hinton is at the heart…
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With all-original artifacts, Henderson Hall Plantation north of Parkersburg is a one-of-a-kind historical treasure. When it comes to illustrious West Virginia families, we all know the infamy of the Blennerhassetts. Irish aristocrats Harman and Margaret Blennerhassett built a mansion on the Ohio River in 1798, where they hosted the most extravagant parties west of the Alleghenies. But within a decade,…
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Alex Brand uses a familiar medium to make objects that delight and surprise. Often, glass is strictly utilitarian. It lets light into our homes while shielding us from the elements, or forms vessels to hold the water we drink. And then there’s the glass blown by Alex Brand: sculptural, beautiful, and bright. Brand uses glass to make stunning works of…
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This Wheeling favorite has kept customers coming back for almost 70 years. Sicilian immigrant Anna Figaretti must have been some cook. Who knew, in 1944, when she canned her first spaghetti sauce for sale, what she’d started? Soon the operation was so big, her five sons were helping to run it. And in 1949, the brothers built on that popularity…
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