New diversified agriculture program coordinator starts at WVU Parkersburg
Dr. Rosa Guedes is WVU Parkersburg’s new diversified agriculture program coordinator. The new program will begin in the spring of 2013. However, Guedes began developing curriculum for the program in August. The new program is intended to train students in skills to meet the demand for locally grown food. The produce grown in the program […]
49 years and counting, Cass Scenic Railroad fired up for its golden anniversary in 2013
The world’s foremost roster of working Shay locomotives is faithfully chugging toward a golden anniversary in 2013. The train line, originally built in 1901, hauled timber to the mill in the town of Cass for almost 60 years. The rail-haul logging operation and bandsaw mill ceased operations on July 1, 1960. Over the course of three years that followed, […]
