Everettville in Monongalia County, West Virginia — The American South (Appalachia)

Federal Mine No. 3

Remember The Miners

Photographed by Bradley Owen, April 26, 2021

1. Federal Mine No. 3 Marker

Inscription.
Dedicated to the 149+ Miners Who Died Here

1920 • Mike Bolonko • 1922 • Larry Harachuk • George Derifaj • 1923 • Paso Rumble • 1924 • William McKeever • 1926 • James Marshall, Jr. • Albert Adams • 1927 • Edward Allen • Mateo Alonzo • Edward Alston • George Anderson • J.Luther Anderson • Aaron Barnes • John Batcha • Ben Blackman, Jr. • T.J Blackman • Patrick Brennen, Jr. • Edward Brooks • Charles H. Brown • Al Davis Burell • Franklin Burgess • William Burks • Commodore Burton • Wm. Buzzard • Ambrogio Campanelli • Cicero Campbell • Clayton Carter • Harry Cohen • E.C. Coleman • Thomas Daughtery • Link Davenport, Jr. • Link Davenport, Sr. • Harold L. Davis • Roy Davis • Tony Diaz • Charles Drake • Cecil Erskine • Earl Erskine • William Erskine • Steve Faezekas • Rufus Fields • Samuel Flanigan • Paul Fletcher • Frank Foley • M. Frazier • Charles Garrett • Joe Geleis • Frank Goodwin • John Hill • Moses Hodges • Roscoe Hooper • William Hunter • Allen Jackson • Troy Jackson • William Jackson • Richard Jones • Bart Lamb • Thomas Lamb • Fred Laura • Orval

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Leach • Thomas Lewing • Samuel Little • Frank Lowery • Bolden Lundy • Will Lyons • Frank Maga • Irvin Mallory • Oscar Maxwell • Carl McCarty • Harvey McKay • Noah Montgomery • Denzil Morrison • George Morrison • Bill Murdock • Bernard Murphy * • James B. Murphy * • Lewis Murphy • Lawrence Nairne • Stewart Napper • Casto Nicholas • Andy Padobnik • John Parker • J.M. Pennington • William Perkins • Nick Pertnobuh • Robert Peters • Robert Petus • Jerome Pyles • Carl Queen • Joe Radish • William Reese • Samuel Reynolds, Jr. • Pete Rockovich, Jr. • Henry Russell • Henry S. Saunders • Frank Schaffer • Byron Shoaf • Thomas Short • Ernest Smith • John Smith • Richard Smith • Martin Stone • Virgil Straight • Jesse Streety • Tim Sullivan • Jim Taylor • Bernard Tippen * • Jasper Toothman • Charles Townsend • Wilbert Underwood • Alvie Varner • Fred Warbo • Frank Ware • John Watkivich • Tom Weatherly • Charles Willard • Brooks Williams • Harry Williams • Otis Williams • Wade Wilson • Ralph Wright • Porter

Photographed by Bradley Owen, April 26, 2021

2. Federal Mine No. 3 Marker

Zimmon • Miner Unknown • 1928 • Floyd Caldwell • Charles Wilson • 1929 • Lloyd Wilt • Wm. C. Gartley • 1930 • William Harris • George Mayhew • 1931 • Albert Cotega • 1932 • Yova Beckish • George Feaster • Aaron Mitchell • Virgil Jones • Kenneth Murphy • 1933 • Charles Yost • 1935 • Gilbert Brown • 1936 • Joe Bartus • Robert Peters • Tony Cie • 1937 • Charles Harvey • Ross Falbo • 1943 • Walter Crosby • John Starr * • 1944 • Saul Terrell • 1945 • James Frazier • Elmo Trowbridge • 1946 • Kenneth Hall • Woodrow Neer • 1948 • Ray Palmer • Carl Weaver • 1951 • Raymond L. Batten •

* Depicts Veterans

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Disasters • Industry & Commerce. A significant historical year for this entry is 1920.

Location. 39° 33.74′ N, 80° 3.866′ W. Marker is in Everettville, West Virginia, in Monongalia County. It is on Pickhandle Hill Road 0.2 miles south of River Road (West Virginia Route 45), on the right when traveling south. The marker is located behind the

Photographed by Bradley Owen, April 26, 2021

3. Federal Mine No. 3 Marker

View of the marker with the entrance to Friendship Baptist Church in the foreground.

parking lot of Friendship Baptist Church. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 4403 River Rd, Morgantown WV 26501, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Central West Virginia.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Everettville Mine Disaster (approx. 2 miles away); In Memory of James Arnett (approx. 2.1 miles away); Marion County / Monongalia County (approx. 2.2 miles away); Monongalia County / Marion County (approx. 2½ miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 2½ miles away); Pricketts Fort (approx. 3½ miles away); a different marker also named Prickett's Fort (approx. 3½ miles away); Job Prickett House (approx. 3½ miles away).

Another marker is no longer nearby. Jones' Raid

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(was approx. 2.2 miles away but has been confirmed missing).

More about this marker. Pickhandle Hill Road is a gravel road with no road sign at its intersection with River Road. For GPS purposes, the approximate address near Pickhandle Hill Road is 4403 River Road.

Credits. This page was last revised on May 10, 2021. It was originally submitted on May 5, 2021, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. This page has been viewed 762 times since then and 112 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on May 5, 2021, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.