There is no hiding the vandalism. It provides a glimpse into 2 worlds: what the past was and how we currently deal with that past.
Despite the fact of intent to destroy these places, they are strong statements about what we were and what we have become. The welcoming seen of a fireplace is not lost....This place is not a sarcastic welcome, or a morbid hello. This is a place that was meant to make you take rest, take time to look and above all ask questions.........
The Glen Rogers Company Store is hiding, in plain sight, a huge structure burned by fire. The brick walls and twisted steel insides tell you this was a place of work. They worked and died...How did they do that in this place?
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| Front Facade, Glen Rogers Company Store |
Why the fire, why the loss of interest, why did they go in such a hurry, or at least, why was I so late to come by and look?
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| Inside Store |
The Amusement Hall is...ALL PLAYED OUT..
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| Front of Glen Rogers Amusement Hall |
We can still look through the window. We can still ask, what did they see and know? We share the same view....
It is YET ANOTHER example of a coal town written so large that makes the average person stop.........and look...... I see shapes of what was there. The energy and people who made this place great. I want to meet them.
Fire did claim the store, and the heat melted its window frames....what a loss, but I also think, can you imagine what it was?
Nature will win, BUT I can take a piece of time and see what it was....
Thanks for posting, brought back lots of good memories! Glen Rogers was a nice town when we grew up there it was a good place for our childhood. Sorry to see it so run down makes you sad!
ReplyDeleteThis was my mother's childhood, so many precious memories and stories she has told me of her growing up in Glen Rogers. The Company Store where her and her sisters would run down to pick out their dolls for Christmas. When her "Daddy" would bring her a cake, pie, or a banana to his girls. I would love to turn back time and just see the good times of my mother's life. We must preserve our heritage and those precious memories, so they will never be lost.
Deletei want to move to west virgina in the next 6 months.and i've been looking for towns and townships that were based on minning.why because i'm looking for a quite peacefull place to call home.i passed through W.V/V. and Kentucky and the people: mountians were all out-standing i mean theres just no words.signed paul send names of places yould like to share thank you
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