Minicon 2005

The 2005 minicon in Fairmont and Mannington, WV was the expected mix of fascinating, wonderful, weird and disappointing. Sadly, the plans to visit the coal lab at WVU fell through, but many attendees got to visit the WVU campus, wander through...
2004 Minicon

2004 Minicon

The 2004 MiniCon! September 30 – October 3, 2004 in Mannington WV. There are no hotels in Mannington, so we stayed at the Holiday Inn in Fairmont, about 12 miles east out the fabled Route 250. Early Birds Gather At right are the early (Wednesday) arrivals...
Minicon 2003 (The first minicon)

Minicon 2003 (The first minicon)

The very first 1632 minicon was held in and around Manningington WV. These low-res photos and notes are all that survive…    Here are photos taken by Wood Hughes at the August 2003 Minicon in Mannington, WV. Captions were provided by Cheryl Daetwyler....