Slightly more than 40 years ago, the limestone plant in Craigsville, Virginia closed down. That day in 1968 marked the end of an era for the people in Craigsville, where as many as 500 jobs had been connected to the plant.
In a May 4, 2009 Newsweek essay, Steve Tuttle reflects with bittersweet nostalgia on the years since. And while the “cement factory still stands, ghostlike," Craigsville (population just over 1,000) has never been the same.
The day the plant closed was “a sad day” for Tuttle’s family but his father now calls it “the best thing that could have happened.”
Many four- and five-figure cities are encountering economic turbulence today. And it’s difficult to know, at the moment, how the changes forged through unexpected crises will eventually play out.
But it is important to remember that, under pressure, limestone metamorphoses into marble.
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