Glen Jean in Fayette County, West Virginia — The American South (Appalachia)

Glen Jean Athletic Club

By Don Morfe, July 7, 1997

1. Glen Jean Athletic Club Marker

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Directly across the street stood the Glen Jean Athletic Club. Alongside it was the ball bark. These, along with tennis and croquet courts, made Glen Jean a center for indoor and outdoor sports.

In New River’s coal towns, baseball was a major part of social life. Fierce competition sometimes prompted coal companies to hire workers, or pay them more , because of athletic ability. Glen Jean teams played against other company-town teams. Glen Jean’s ball park was considered a showplace, the best in Fayette County.

(Inscription next to the image on the right)
William McKell poses (right) in 1923 with one of his teams. McKell promoted and financed local sports. He built Glen Jean’s ballfield (below) and three others in nearby towns.

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Cincinnati Reds at Glen Jean, W. VA Thursday October 16th 1913.

Location. 37° 55.644′ N, 81° 9.318′ W. Marker is in Glen Jean, West Virginia, in Fayette County. Marker is on Main Street. The marker is near the New River Gorge National River Headquarters. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Glen Jean WV 25846, United States of America. Touch for directions.

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4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. DuBois High School (approx. 2.1 miles away); The Coal Barons (approx. 2.2 miles away); Disaster Underground (approx. 2.2 miles away); Community Life in a Coal Camp (approx. 2.2 miles away); Labor Strikes and Conflicts (approx. 2.2 miles away); The White Oak Valley (approx. 2.2 miles away); Oakwood Mine Complex (approx. 3.2 miles away); Oak Hill Railroad Depot (approx. 3½ miles away).

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Credits. This page was last revised on November 26, 2016. This page originally submitted on November 25, 2016, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 293 times since then and 12 times this year. Photo 1. submitted on November 25, 2016, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.