At the end of dirt main street in McCarthy, an old wooden building stands with a false front stamped in faint, faded back letting that says, RO.G. Watsjold Groceries & Meat - Hardware. Lovingly referred to as the Old Hardware Store, the relic is the home of the Wrangell Mountains Center, a nonprofit science and art organization that hosted the Wrangell Mountains Writing Workshop for twenty-two years – until the pandemic temporarily shut down the program in 2020. This summer, the WMC brings back its longest-running, most impactful workshop.