January 29, 2010: Today my friend Reuben Perdue of radio station WAJR-FM did his first “Reuben on the Road” broadcast and it was in Weston. I went to be in the audience. It was an informative trip for me. Reuben interviewed the Mayor of Weston and she talked about the Glass Museum among other things. [...]
October 13, 2009: In the 18th Century most cabins were one room with a loft for the children to sleep in and a fireplace on the back wall for cooking/warmth etc. The chimney was built outside the cabin because chimneys were prone to catching fire so were built to be knocked down away from the [...]
The Levi Shinn Log House framed by Fall leaves
October 12, 2009: Today some Shinn descendents visited Shinnston. The Gillum House is able to take our guests inside the log house that was built circa 1778. This is the original house on the original site. It is not a re-creation. It is estimated that 90% of [...]
October 8, 2009: GOD and Nature are at the canvas again, giving us mere mortals fantastic beauty. The leaves are changing to their glorious finery. Today as we went to Clarksburg I noticed that some hills are 40 to 50% while there are others at 20%. I suggest planning the leaf peeping trips soon because the [...]
October 6, 2009: Veteran’s Day is just over a month away and plans need to be made – including reservations. 9 West Virginia and 1 Ohio bed & breakfasts are joining Gillum House to say, Thank you for your Service! On the night of November 10, 2009 (so the Vets are onsite for the Veteran’s Day [...]
August 31, 2009: There are 17 covered bridges remaining in West Virginia. We are blessed with having 9 of them within 60 miles or less of our front door. We have created routings to them that include crafts shops, antique shops, a winery, and more. We tailor them to the particular interests of our guests. [...]
There are many celebrations going on in our area to celebrate the Independence of this wonderful Country. Shinnston believes in making it possible to do a lot of celebrating with friends and family.
Shinnston kicks off the celebrations with the annual Independence Concert and Fireworks on July 1 at City Park. There are several “warm-up” entertainers [...]
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Wednesday our City Manager, the Director of our Bice-Ferguson Memorial Museum, and I left for Huntington for the West Virginia Association of Museums Conference. We booked the farmhouse guesthouse (the Hollyberry Inn) at the Heritage Farm Museum and Village in Huntington. Since it is a 4-bedroom house, we offered the 4th bedroom to the Director [...]
Last Thursday we did a great day of showing our Chicago daughter and her history loving friend a day trip that was full and easy to accomplish. We even did a couple of personal side trips.We did not get as early a start as I wanted (a certain male resident of the house did not [...]