Home W.Va. roadside curiosity captures imaginations in Pocahontas County Alice and Heather McClure, 1954

Alice and Heather McClure, 1954

Dave Sibray surveys the curious cone on Elk Mountain, a roadside attraction along U.S. 219 in Pocahontas County.

Alice and Heather McClure stand in front of the cone in Marlinton in 1954. (Photo courtesy Traveling 219)

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