Gilbert Museum - A Walk Through Time

Gilbert Museum - A Walk Through Time Gilbert Museum is a community endeavor to acquaint the citizens and visitors of Gilbert to our rich history and heritage. Come visit!

It is a collection of artifacts and memories. Many unique and interesting items of days past are displayed. Reuben Mitchell and Frankie Hatfield Kane are the Administrators and founders of the Gilbert Museum. Reuben is a well known historian in our community with the storytelling of the early beginning of Gilbert. Frankie is an artist with great ability to showcase the days gone by in paintings. R

euben and Frankie worked hard at getting items displayed and organized for public viewing. The town is very proud of their efforts and ask the community to help us make this endeavor a great success.

At the bottom of this picture is the name Oyvanenita , which is a Shawnee name for the river, which means River of Rocks...
04/17/2026

At the bottom of this picture is the name Oyvanenita , which is a Shawnee name for the river, which means River of Rocks, which I think fits the area.

A couple more of pictures that David Fox has colorized , great job by the way, this was a way of life in the late 1800’s...
04/16/2026

A couple more of pictures that David Fox has colorized , great job by the way, this was a way of life in the late 1800’s and the early 1900’s,before the railroads came.

02/15/2026

Hello again , and here’s another thought, does any of the older generation remember when steam engine trains ran through the town of Gilbert, if anyone can remember I would love to have your story .,….
Well I will start with a story that my father Onnie Mitchell told me several times in his life , and the story goes with the outbreak of war with Japan , they’re would be blackouts all over the country ,and they’re was also concern from the government that Japan might bomb the railroads , so Dad and his brother Connie Mitchell were hired to watch the train bridge in Gilbert. They had a little guard shack that sat near the intersection in town, one cold night dad said he was in the shack and had a good fire going in the heating stove they had ,when someone knocks on the door, he said that it was a young man and a young woman who were just passing through town and wanted to come in and warm themselves, and dad said he let them come in ,and as they entered dad said he reached for his shotgun he had in the corner , and at that instant the woman screamed out ,(He thinks were J**s ), dad said I just grabbed my shotgun just in case ,because they were strangers.

02/12/2026

Who remembers years ago the Ashland gas station that was located in town beside Vickers department store , it was originally ran and owned by Marvin Browning ,and sometime later Bill Cresong ran the station for Marvin, and does anyone know of a picture of the station ever existed, would love to get a copy ,if any exists.

Found this photo at my moms house a while back and on the back the name Marsha Webb , I do believe this was taken in Gil...
10/01/2024

Found this photo at my moms house a while back and on the back the name Marsha Webb , I do believe this was taken in Gilbert , how many folks remember her.

Found another picture from days gone by, from Gilbert Grade school , I see Mrs Marie Fox as the teacher , and this is th...
08/31/2024

Found another picture from days gone by, from Gilbert Grade school , I see Mrs Marie Fox as the teacher , and this is the sixth grade, time frame 1962-63, a cool pic, I see several people I know , comment and tell the ones you know.

Another photo from way back when ,was also published in the Gilbert Times, another good find.
08/31/2024

Another photo from way back when ,was also published in the Gilbert Times, another good find.

Found this in an old Gilbert Times paper and thought I would share it , a good find I believe.
08/31/2024

Found this in an old Gilbert Times paper and thought I would share it , a good find I believe.

This iconic picture was taken at the drive in theatre in Iaeger WV in 1956, this is one of the coolest pictures from a ...
08/14/2024

This iconic picture was taken at the drive in theatre in Iaeger WV in 1956, this is one of the coolest pictures from a simpler time!

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Gilbert, WV
25621

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Monday 9am - 3pm
Tuesday 9am - 3pm
Wednesday 9am - 3pm
Thursday 9am - 3pm
Friday 9am - 3pm

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