Evans Knob Farm: Where Goodness Grows
Evans Knob Farm is owned and operated by Kathy and Reid Evans, fourth-generation farmers of the Evans' family farm, who took ownership of the property in 1994. After employment cuts made by IBM in 2002, Reid was let go by the company. It was then that Kathy...
Riffle Farms: Where the Buffalo Roam
Remember that old song Home, Home On The Range? Now, you, and Neil Young, can visit a home where the buffalo roam right here in West Virginia. Liz Riffle, owner of Riffle Farms: American Bison, located in Preston County, began her foray into bison cattle farming...
A&K Clothing: An Original West Virginia Brand
A&K Clothing is a locally owned business and manufacturer operating out of Enterprise, West Virginia. Amanda Stevens, the one-man band and owner of the company, is a Fairmont State University graduate and a proud native of the Mountain State. Since opening shop...
Shenandoah Planing Mill: A Jefferson County Woodworking Community
Amanda McDaniel and her father, John, set out three years ago to restore a lost trade. As a retirement project combined with an entrepreneurial dream, the two of them opened Shenandoah Planing Mill, a full-service lumber mill offering dimensional hardwoods, flooring,...
Nail City Record: The Heartbeat of Downtown Wheeling
Jon Napier began collecting vinyl records early in college. After what grew into a profound love for music, the arts and live entertainment, he and his partner opened Nail City Record in the heart of downtown Wheeling, West Virginia. Napier, a Wheeling native,...
The Man of MannCave Distillery
Stephen Mann of MannCave Distillery is the most decorated distiller you've never heard of. Yet, in his more than three years in the small town of Weston, West Virginia, Mann says, "Some people still don't know who we are." A lack of communal recognition is not the...
Haddix Liquidations: Pallets of Treasure
Samantha Haddix bargained her way to what she considers a treasure trove. Fourteen months ago, Haddix began purchasing pallets of miscellaneous items to sell online as a hobby. But after several trips to Ohio to pick up her inventory, she began to notice a trend. Her...
Hammer Cycles: The Phoenix of White Sulphur Springs
Max Hammer, founder and owner of Hammer Cycles, operates a full-service bicycle shop in downtown White Sulphur Springs. Proud to call Greenbrier Valley his home, he offers a lifetime of expertise, honed on backcountry trails and racecourses, to the community he...
Kirkwood Winery and Isaiah Morgan Distillery: Small Town Winery With Big Time Flavor
Hailing from the backcountry roads of Summersville, West Virginia, this small town winery is making inroads to major corporations across the country. Once the smallest licensed winery in the United States, Kirkwood Winery distributes to a total of 41 states. Last year...
Blenko Glass: 100 Year Old Glass Company Looks Toward 100 More
Growing up in the small town of Cairo, West Virginia, Dean Six has been on the search for a story -- his own story. As a child finding and selling glass bottles for cents on the dollar, Six stumbled upon a discovery: An antique bottle worth $15. With fresh...
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