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General Stores Along America’s Backroads

Posted on August 26, 2026 by bobg.bell@gmail.com

These stores were not merely places to buy goods, gas, hardware, and farm supplies. They were social hubs. Continue reading →

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Paradise Park: Muhlenberg County Heritage

Posted on December 23, 2025 by bobg.bell@gmail.com

On a short weekend drive through Muhlenberg County, KY, we discovered Paradise Park, a community spot in Powderly, between Central City and Greenville. It’s an outdoor museum, recreating a coal mining town from the first half of the 20th century, … Continue reading →

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Carpenter’s Grocery: A Real, Old-Fashioned General Store

Posted on June 13, 2021 by bobg.bell@gmail.com

I saw the old country store on my right, as I drove by it on Route 100, just south of Barren Springs, Virginia, in Wythe County. I turned right on a narrow, single lane gravel road hoping it would take … Continue reading →

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