An old store will be the location of a new exhibit during the next few weeks...an exhibit of Pleasants County's history.

For the 35 years it has been in existence, the county's historical society has been collecting just about everything that's still around...from photos to artifacts.

And it is putting some of them on exhibit beginning Sunday at the former Family Dollar store on Route 2 and Washington Street.

Memorabilia includes the old Pleasants County Courthouse, and, of course, a tribute to St. Marys' founder, Alexander Creel.

And the photos it couldn't put on the wall...are suspended from the ceiling.

"Many of these pictures, such as the ones you see hanging, were of the Ruttencutter collection...Charles and his wife Kathy," says society president Walter Carpenter. "But it has just grown from that. Then, at the Pleasants County Development office, we have exhibits in there."

The Community For Development agency is co-sponsoring the display. It opens this Sunday...and will be presented again during Memorial Day weekend...which also is Alumni Weekend in St. Marys..and the weekend of the Bass Festival in June.

And an open house is scheduled for Thursday, June 11th.