Hartstown

A Place to Call Home

January, 2022 Tagged With: Artist’s Confluence & Mercantile, Bolivar Bread, cheer booth, editor's note, Hartstown, In Print Jan 2022, Jefferson County Schools, St Paul Baptist Church In Print January 2022

After many years of absence, the Cheer Booth returned for the 2021 Christmas celebrations in Charles Town. The spirit of the crowd lining the downtown streets at this year’s parade was lifted both by unseasonably warm weather and the welcome return of a sorely missed tradition. Read the Full Story >>

The Significance of a Local Community

January, 2022 Tagged With: Hartstown, In Print Jan 2022, St Paul Baptist Church In Print January 2022

St. Paul Baptist Church has a rich history of quarry and mill pond baptisms, bush meetings, concerts, revivals, weddings, funerals, family reunions, and other community events. Families have remained dedicated to St. Paul through generations, and it remains a place that draws people home. Read the Full Story >>

Uncovering History & Reconnecting a Community

September, 2020 Tagged With: Boyd Carter, Cemetery, civil war, Hartstown, Kearneysville Methodist Cemetery, Mountaineer Gas

Following the abolition of slavery, African American communities were rapidly established throughout Jefferson County. Churches were cornerstones of these communities — serving as houses of worship, schools, and community centers. The African American community in Kearneysville was known as Hartstown. Read the Full Story >>

Building Hartstown

August, 2020 Tagged With: Boyd Carter, Cemetery, Hartstown, Kearneysville Methodist Cemetery, SIGHTLINE, St. Paul’s Baptist Church

Following the end of the Civil War, formerly enslaved men, women and children developed many self-sustaining communities based on proximity to employment opportunities. Hartstown (or Harts Town) was the name of one such community that developed in Kearneysville, West Virginia. Read the Full Story >>

Remembering Hartstown

August, 2020 Tagged With: Boyd Carter, Cemetery, civil war, Hartstown, Kearneysville Methodist Cemetery, rockwool, SIGHTLINE INTRODUCES

Appalachia is often viewed through a narrow lens. The stories of Black communities throughout the region are often left untold or simply overlooked. Acknowledging these communities and preserving their stories helps us to truly understand the broad patterns of the cultural landscape in which we live today. Read the Full Story >>

Hartstown

A Place to Call Home

The Significance of a Local Community

Uncovering History & Reconnecting a Community

Building Hartstown

Remembering Hartstown

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