By Paula Svincek    Summer went out in style in Florence, as is the tradition. The Florence Pioneer Day Parade filled the streets, celebrating their 92nd Annual Pioneer Day. This years event was made even more special by the crowning of the Royalty during the Big Band Bash at the Fremont County Airport. The Memories 17 Piece Band was the featured […]

   King Philip’s War, also called Great Narragansett War, (1675–76), in British American colonial history, was a war that pitted Native Americans against English settlers and their Indian allies that was one of the bloodiest conflicts (per capita) in U.S. history. Historians since the early 18th century, relying on accounts from the Massachusetts Bay and Plymouth colonies, have referred to the […]

By Tom Cotter Fenton photos by Barb Garrison; Fenton Mandarin Red Roberta Hankins, Cambridge and New Martinsville photos by Tom Cotter    This article continues my exploration into the grand era of color in the U.S. glass industry between 1920 and 1940 (see Mountain States Collector, September, 2018, The Colorful 20s). What could possibly happen to the U.S. glass industry during […]

By Mary McGrail    A new gadget and gift shop has opened in Florence at 118 East Main. Bakers Rack is an all-encompassing shop for kitchen utensils, home decor, placements, and much more!    Owners Mary McGrail and Debbie Price are two friends that saw a need for a home goods store in Fremont County. McGrail owned Classic Catering for 10 years […]

By Robert Reed    It might be difficult to determine the fairest armchair of all in historical America. There were many styles with many origins.    According to one expert writing many decades ago it could have been the Windsor armchair. Initially such chairs, with and without arms, were made in small villages in a certain region of England. However, the American […]