GLASS TOWN PRESENTATION

Almost my entire life (except for 5yrs in Huntington) I have lived within a 3 mile radius of  Blenko Glass.  My dad worked their for 3 years when I was small but other family members worked and retired from the factory.  I have been inside the visitors center twice in my life, but spent many a happy evening as a child outside the center feeding the ducks that inhabit the adjacent pond.  I own only a couple of pieces of Blenko given to me as wedding gifts and they are tucked away somewhere in the house so they won't be broken.  When I have on occasion traveled out of state and met others who weren't completely oblivious to the existence of  West Virginia, I have used Blenko Glass as a familiar point of reference and have come to appreciate its world renowned reputation. 

MILTON, WV
Located between Huntington and Charleston Exit 28 of Interstate 64

Glass Companies in Milton
Eureka Art Glass Company 1921-1930; colored flat glass
Blenko Glass Company 1931- still in operation; blown novelties,flat glass, art glass
Gibson Glass 1976-1977 and 1983-2006; paperweights, novelties
Osbourne Glass circa 2007-2011; giftware, novelties

Blenko Websites

http://www.blenkoproject.org/

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wvcccfhr/history/blenko.htm

http://www.blenko.com/history.html




Gibson Glass Websites

http://opensalts.net/Gibson.pdf

http://mm.bglances.com/1-01-13-00%20Glass%20Artist%20-%20Charles%20Gibson.htm

Osbourne Glass Websites
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Osburn-Modern-Glass/109391635761460#!/pages/Osburn-Modern-Glass/109391635761460?id=109391635761460&sk=photos_stream