During the early years of the pumpkin festival, parish members of the Church of the Assumption sold horseradish during the four-day September street fair. According to AI instructions: “to harvest and prepare horseradish, dig up the root in the fall after a frost or in early spring, then wash, peel, and chop it. For preparation, […]
Travel back in time each week through the pages of the former Barnesville Enterprise and former Barnesville Whetstone newspapers.
Guy Junior Atkinson was born on March 16, 1923, in Barnesville, Ohio, to Guy and Sarah Atkinson. His father was a blacksmith. Guy was one of seven sons and one daughter. Atkinson was drafted into the U.S. Army on January 16, 1943, and served in World War II as an infantry rifleman. After training in […]
Guy and Sarah Atkinson raised a family of seven sons and one daughter in Barnesville on North Broadway Street. All seven boys served in the military overseas. Five saw combat. Five were in World War II and two were in Korea. All returned safely. During World War II, The Barnesville Enterprise wrote a column each […]
The house at 775 E. Main Street will soon be no more. It is located just west of commercial buildings that currently house a carry out, offices, a beauty salon and restaurant often referred to as Binns Plaza.
The owners of the Raven Pickers, 134 W. Main Street, have established regular hours as they sell off staff and go out of business.
Director of the Tri-State Military Veterans Cheryl Skinner tackles each day the same: by ringing a bell every day for Veterans who have died.
Skinner arrives at the museum every day in Belmont at 101 E. Barrister St. to ring the bell out front for veterans who she posted obituaries for that day.
In just a few weeks it will be 75 years since the big Thanksgiving Snowstorm of 1950.
Travel back in time through photographs representing the history and traditions of area communities.
Travel back in time through the pages of the former Barnesville Enterprise and former Barnesville Whetstone newspapers.