Dawson, West Virginia
This picture shows an old country store near my grandfather's house in West Virginia. His house is on the hill in the background. My first visit there was in 1942. He called the place "Weatherhill."
In 1959, I stopped there to see my grandparents and bought gas for my 1953 Packard, from the pump that you see in the picture. The store had no electricity, so the pump was hand operated.
posted by Howard at 7:00 PM
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I grew up here. I loved this old store and Weatherhill. Pank Holland's grandaughters were my best friends. We lived beside of the old Campbell store and my grandfather, John Thompson had a dairy farm one mile away. I knew Weatherhill when the preacher Helms lived there. His grandsons were friends of mine. It was a gorgeous place and I spent much of my childhood roaming its acres. So glad to see this picture here. The Holland store looks just as I remember it.
My grandparents, John and Harriet Robertson used to own Weatherhill. I spent a lot of time there as a child in the 90's, if you have anymore information about this house I would love to know more. I was a toddler when my grandparents lived here so I only have faint memories, I would love to visit here again one day. I've been searching for my pictures or a street name or something but every address I find it never leads me anywhere, I tried looking for it on google earth. I was just wondering if you had any more information, I would really appreciate it. Email me at cskerrit@oswego.edu if you do!
Hello, this is David Helm and my grandfather was Rev. Jesse Helm who purchased Weatherhill in the late 50s or early 60s. Neither of my parents are alive to ask about this. He purchased it from another minister who was also Methodist I was told. He did a lot of renovation on it and it had a red metal roof that sounded great when raining. Along with the house were 55 acres of land along with several ponds fed by a mountain stream. I learned how to fish there. My brother Gary who is 5 years younger than I am and I would spend a couple of weeks with my grandparents each summer. We lived in Richmond Va. at that time.
My grandfather had several Tennessee walking horses. He had a pony for us to attempt to ride. we were city boys not cowboys!
Nancy I remember you and the tree house you had. We would sneak into the Campbell store to play. I remember the records that we would listen to with the Holland girls. You must remember the Quillans store and their granddaughters Kathy and Mary Dale. My grandmother Katherine had an account there and I was allowed to buy a Coke on occasion if I asked in advance.
My grandfather loved to hunt deer and they would stay there through Nov. every year. My grandmother who was an amazing story teller hated cold weather so they went to Titusville, Fl. till spring. They went there due to Jimmy Quillan who had a job with the space program.
I am now retired myself and live in Dunedin, Fl and we have a summer house in the mountains in Waynesville,Nc. Dawson was just too small for me. Give me a call or text 7275109096.
After they sold the farm they stayed in Lewisburg.
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