The way life was 200 years a go is preserved in the home of Belle's earliest settlers, the Shrewsbury family: ; Old Stone House

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WHAT started as a flicker of an idea for some Belle women is nowburning strong for the Belle Historical Renovation Society. Membersof the organization hope some funding from the West VirginiaLegislative Budget Digest and a one-time grant from the KanawhaCounty Commission will help keep the flame of their project alive.

Simply known as "The Old Stone House," the home partially hiddenby trees on Stubb Drive was built by Belle's earliest settlers, theShrewsbury family, sometime between 1800 and 1810. The house hadbeen lived in continuously ever since.

Some members of the local women's club thought it would be niceto restore the house to the way …