Sunday, July 24, 2011

Barnstormers Tobacco Group Reflects on History



(Wheeling News-Register) More than 100 years ago, Wheeling was a thriving industrial center - and Bloch Brothers Tobacco Co. was a major reason, according to David Javersak.
Javersak, retired dean of the College of Liberal Arts at West Liberty University, spoke Saturday during the10th annual meeting and picnic of the Barnstormers - a group committed to promoting the history of the historic Mail Pouch barns painted by noted artist Harley Warrick, a native of Belmont. Continued

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