Volume 29, Number 1

On the cover: The 18-foot-diameter stained glass dome in the Randolph County courthouse in Elkins, long hidden from view, has recently been uncovered and restored to its original beauty. Photograph of dome detail by Michael Keller. Our story begins on page 10.

Published by the
STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA
Bob Wise, Governor

Department of Arts, Culture and History
Nancy Herholdt, Commissioner

John Lilly, Editor

Cornelia Crews Alexander
Circulation Manager

A.C. Designs
Publication Design

Spring 2003

2 From the Editor

3 Letters from Readers

7 Current Programs*Events*Publications

9 GOLDENSEAL Good-Byes

10 Bringing Back the Beauty

Stained Glass Restoration in Randolph County

By Barbara Smith

15 West Virginia Stained Glass

A Brief History

By Dean Six

18 Mission in the Mountains

West Virginia’s Pallottine Sisters

By Joseph Platania

26 Coming Home

The George Hajash Story

By Belinda Anderson

32 The Fighting Hajash Brothers

34 Milroy’s Road

By Donna McGuire Tanner

38 Early Life on the Nuzum Dairy Farm

By John White

44 “Go See Sonny”

Hedrick’s Store in Hendricks

By Carl Feather

51 Looking Back on Hendricks

52 Spinning Memories on Fowler Branch

By John “J.J.” Ward

55 Living By the Bell

56 The West Virginia Coon Hunters

On the Trail of a Lost String Band

By John Lilly

60 2002 Liars Contest

64 A Shared Heritage

Images of Vandalia

Photoessay by Michela Caudill

69 Flatfoot Dancer Dorsel Harrison