Editor’s Note: The bitter cold of winter triggers memories of past winters. The following article, written in January of 1983, is a warm memory of[Read More…]
Local History
100th Anniversary: ‘The End of the Line for Old 1360’
This drawing, “The End of the Line for Old 1360,” is by W.D. Wintz. Engine 1360 met its spectacular and fatal end in Hurricane on[Read More…]
October 16, 1900: Official Birth Date of The Hurricane Breeze
City of Hurricane Mural; Photographed by Ken O’Neal Editor’s Note: The article which follows was published 25 years ago in commemoration of the Breeze’s 100th[Read More…]
Eighty Years Ago: The ‘Hog Lot’ Murder Case
On Tuesday, September 25, 1945, these men, most looking west on the Valley Road (West Virginia Route 34), were not assembled on this knoll to[Read More…]
A Sunday Afternoon in Hurricane in the Gay 90’s
Photo: Front Row: Albert Losee, Minnie Hodges, Anna McCallister, Carrie Conner, Anna McCallister, Halley Dorsey; Back Row: John Sanford, Hattie Dorsey, Victoria Conner, Ed. S.[Read More…]
Sturdy Reminder of Depression Days
Editor’s Note: Portions of an article by Irene Ambler in the March 5, 1981 issue of the Breeze were discussed at the April 27 Upper[Read More…]
Winter Weather Whether We Like It or Not
Winter comes each year but not every year is of equal measure. This year’s measure has been very unequal. The inequality began on December 1st[Read More…]
Celebrating 50th Anniversary of What Never Happened
A clipping from the Front Page of the January 31, 1975 issue of The Hurricane Breeze. Today, the Breeze is celebrating that which did not[Read More…]
Ice on the Kanawha
Only a narrow channel of open water near the distant bank of the Kanawha River visible on Friday, January 24th. Editor’s Note:The scene of a[Read More…]
The Continuing Saga of Nitro’s WWI Tank
The World War I tank was delivered to Nitro in 1982. Once upon a time, there was a World War I tank in the middle[Read More…]