Showing the building of a bridge across the West Fork River at Shinnston, West Virginia.
We had strange visitors in our yard this morning. Wish you had been here to see them!
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Once again HealthNet lands on the West Fork River Rail-Trail to pick up a patient.
HealthNet made a nighttime pick up of a patient in Shinnston. The helicopter landed on the West Fork River Rail-Trail in front of Gillum House Bed & Breakfast.
A photographic story of the removal of a landmark of sorts.
The cap on Thanksgiving Day 2012 was Joe meeting Punjab. After an 18th Century Frontier Thanksgiving, Joe got a kiss from Punjab.
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Gillum House Bed & Breakfast roasts coffee fresh for our guests – the guests even get to choose the country their coffee is from. We use a Nesco Coffee Roaster that is made in the USA.
The Annual Shinnston Frontier Days has great weather, good rides, and excellent entertainment.
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A HealthNet helicopter landed in Shinnston September 7, 2012.
The most important B in B & B is BREAKFAST!! Read about a recent Gillum House Breakfast.
Riffle Pottery is back to potting! Gillum House Bed & Breakfast has new Gillum House mugs made by Larry Riffle of Riffle Pottery.
May 2, 2012: Spring is almost sprung!!! The tulips, forsythia, daffodils are gone. But they bloomed early this year. Guests coming in May are in for a treat. Blooms are everywhere!! Rhododendron and azalea usually bloom the middle to the end of May. Our red azalea and white azalea are almost in full bloom (the [...]
42698 – Then end of the line! Today was the last time Engine 42698 left the Station. It was a tribute to the memory of Drexel Westfall and his wife Martha Jane who both passed away last month. In 1998, Candy Fiorito and her “partner-in-crime” Lexie Barnes had an idea of a way to spread [...]
Jim Petty came to Shinnston to get his painting of his 1927 Indian Chief by John Panek.
Approximately 75 children came to Ferguson Park for the Easter Egg Gather April 7, 2012.
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