This trail is comprised of 10 caches.
Each site has a code word that you have to fill in on the LOST HUNTINGTON playcard which can be picked up at the Visitors Center.
Once these cards are turned in to the CVB and verified, you will be asked to fill out a very short information card and you will receive the 2015 custom made trackable geocoin. The contact information for the Cabell Huntington CVB is:
Address: 210 11th St, Huntington, WV 25701
Phone:(304) 525-7333 M-F 9 to 5 and Saturday 10-5. If you need to pickup a coin on Sunday, email cachencabell@gmail.com
HISTORY
Long before Walmart ventured into West Virginia, the state had its own homegrown chain of discount department stores. Heck's Department Store, a chain of West Virginia based discount department stores, was founded by Boone County natives and businessmen Fred Haddad, Tom Ellis, and Lester Ellis and wholesale distributor Douglas Cook. The Heck's name was a combination of the names Haddad, Ellis and Cook. Haddad served as President, Lester Ellis was Vice-President, and Tom Ellis was Secretary-Treasurer.
Heck's stores were discount, stand alone department stores found in small cities throughout West Virginia, western Maryland, the Ohio Valley, and parts of Indiana & Kentucky.
At its peak in the 1980's, Heck's operated 170 stores throughout West Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Maryland and Virginia. Forbes Magazine ranked Heck’s third nationally in profitability and growth in 1980, beating out Kmart. Heck's had three stores in Huntington: the Fairfield Plaza on Hal Greer Boulevard, at 14th Street West and Monroe Avenue and at this location U.S. 60 East and Roby Road where you will currently see the Value City Department Store in the background.
Special thanks to THE RATTs for hiding this cache.
