Monongah in Marion County, West Virginia — The American South (Appalachia)

Monongah Heroine

Photographed By Bradley Owen, June 15, 2021

1. Monongah Heroine Memorial

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

In the excess of her sorrow brave beyond words

In memory of the widowed wives and mothers of the victims of the Monongah coal mine disaster December 6, 1907. All of them long-gone but forever in our hearts

We hear their ghostly pickaxe in the shuttered mine

In Memory of the beloved widows of the miners who lost their lives in the mining disaster of 1907. This monument was erected in 2007.

Erected 2007 by Monongah Heroine Memorial Association Committee, Rev. Everett F. Briggs and the Community.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Disasters • Industry & Commerce • Women. A significant historical date for this entry is December 6, 1907.

Location. 39° 27.614′ N, 80° 12.823′ W. Marker is in Monongah, West Virginia, in Marion County. Marker is at the intersection of Bridge Street (County Route 56) and Main Avenue, on the left when traveling south on Bridge Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 305 Main Ave, Fairmont WV 26554, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Italian-American Immigrants Memorial Bell (a few steps from this marker);

Monongah Heroine - North Face image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Bradley Owen, June 15, 2021

2. Monongah Heroine - North Face

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Monongah Disaster (a few steps from this marker); Veterans Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Monongah Mine Disaster Memorial (approx. ¾ mile away); Captain James Booth (approx. 1.8 miles away); Original Saint Anthony Church Bell (approx. 2 miles away); NASA (approx. 2.2 miles away); Pepperoni Roll (approx. 2.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Monongah.

Monongah Heroine - West Face image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Bradley Owen, June 15, 2021

3. Monongah Heroine - West Face

Monongah Heroine - South Face image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Bradley Owen, June 15, 2021

4. Monongah Heroine - South Face

Photographed By Bradley Owen, June 15, 2021

5. Monongah Heroine Memorial

Credits. This page was last revised on June 24, 2021. It was originally submitted on June 22, 2021, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. This page has been viewed 231 times since then and 48 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on June 22, 2021, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.