Huntington isn't a big city; there aren't any of those in West Virginia. But it is a historic one. Like many American cities, started off as a railroad town on a river. In this case, the railroad was the C&O, short for Chesapeake and Ohio, and the waterway was the Ohio River. t was the site of the easternmost bank robbed by the James-Younger Gang, and it's home to the state's largest mall. Marshall University, located near the center of town, has drawn headlines for winning national championships and for a tragic plane crash that took the lives of the football team and everyone else on board in 1970. NASCAR greats raced at a track just west of town on the Grand National circuit. Camden Park — the state's largest amusement park — has drawn families from around the Tri-State area (where West Virginia, Ohio, and Kentucky meet) for more than a century. Huntington's hometown heroes include an NBA Hall of Famer, the founder of a major restaurant chain, and a comedy legend. There are local legends, too, from hot dog stands to the flood wall built to protect the city after the Flood of '37. Huntington is a city with contemporary achievements to brag about as well as tales to tell from its pioneer days. Huntington Century is the story of what happened in between.