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["The town of Helvetia, West Virginia, population 59, was founded by Swiss-German immigrants in 1869. In the late 60s, around Helvetias centennial, town matriarch Eleanor Mailloux worked to revive many of Helvetias Swiss traditions, co-founding the Hutte Swiss restaurant, collecting a cookbook of community recipes, and restoring the Fasnacht celebration as a public event. Helvetia also has a long-standing cheese making tradition, practiced in private homes, and in the semi-public Cheese Haus, which now is located in an old renovated mechanics garage. Documentation of foodways traditions in the community is part of the Helvetia Foodways Oral History Project in partnership with the Southern Foodways Alliance. Learn more: https://www.southernfoodways.org/oral-history/helvetia-west-virginia/Also see Emily Hilliards piece on Helvetias seasonal celebrations via The Bitter Southerner: https://bittersoutherner.com/my-year-in-helvetia-west-virginia Read her piece on the Hutte Restaurant, Something Good from Helvetia, for the Southern Foodways Alliance: https://www.southernfoodways.org/something-good-from-helvetia/ and NPR piece on Fasnachts foodways traditions: https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2015/02/17/386970143/swiss-village-west-virginia-mardi-gras-feast-fasnachtLearn more about Helvetia via the website maintained by Helvetia resident Dave Whipp: http://www.helvetiawv.com/"]%

13. Interior of the first settler's cabin in Helvetia, 2 of 3

Identifier:
4224.Helvetia.Photo.032.2.6.16
Title:
Interior of the first settler's cabin in Helvetia, 2 of 3
Date:
2016-02-06
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Helvetia (W. Va.), Museums, Swiss Americans, Log cabins
Location:
Helvetia (W. Va.)
["The Mothman Museum in Point Pleasant, West Virginia, was founded in 2005 by Jeff Wamsley (b. 1961, Point Pleasant, WV). Growing up, Wamsley lived next door to the Scarberrys, two of the primary initial Mothman witnesses. The Museum contains ephemera related to the Mothman legend, including props from the 2002 film, The Mothman Prophesies, copies of the police accounts of the initial Mothman witnesses, Mothman folk art, and more. Visit the Mothman Museum website: https://www.mothmanmuseum.com/Learn more about the Mothman legend via e-WV: https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1418"]%

14. Mural on the exterior wall of the Mothman Museum in Point Pleasant

Identifier:
4224.MothmanMuseum.Photo.001.3.5.20
Title:
Mural on the exterior wall of the Mothman Museum in Point Pleasant
Date:
2020-03-05
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Museums, Mothman, Monsters, Folklore, Point Pleasant (W. Va.)
Location:
Point Pleasant (W. Va.)
["The Mothman Museum in Point Pleasant, West Virginia, was founded in 2005 by Jeff Wamsley (b. 1961, Point Pleasant, WV). Growing up, Wamsley lived next door to the Scarberrys, two of the primary initial Mothman witnesses. The Museum contains ephemera related to the Mothman legend, including props from the 2002 film, The Mothman Prophesies, copies of the police accounts of the initial Mothman witnesses, Mothman folk art, and more. Visit the Mothman Museum website: https://www.mothmanmuseum.com/Learn more about the Mothman legend via e-WV: https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1418"]%

15. Stainless steel Mothman statue made by Bob Roach (1933-2015), located in Point Pleasant

Identifier:
4224.MothmanMuseum.Photo.002.3.5.20
Title:
Stainless steel Mothman statue made by Bob Roach (1933-2015), located in Point Pleasant
Date:
2020-03-05
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Monsters, Point Pleasant (W. Va.), Folklore, Mothman, Museums
Location:
Point Pleasant (W. Va.)