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Coal Heritage Trail Historical Markers

The Coal Heritage Trail is a driving trail that winds through more than (13 counties) 187 rugged miles of scenic industrial heritage, where thousands of hard-working miners labored to produce the coal which created modern America.
 
By J. J. Prats, October 17, 2015
Two Markers at the Dungannon Depot
1 ► Virginia, Scott County, Dungannon — Dungannon Depot —
2 ► Virginia, Scott County, Dungannon — Flanary Archaeological Site —
3 ► West Virginia, Boone County, Whitesville — Big Coal River — An Important and Historical Water Trail Serving Man and Industry — Coal Heritage Trail —
4 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Ansted — Did You Know? —
5 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Ansted — Hawks Nest Strike —
6 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Ansted — The Town of Ansted — America's Byways / National Coal Heritage Area —
7 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Ansted — William Nelson Page —
8 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Lansing — New River Gorge Scenic Drives — New River Gorge National River —
9 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Mossy — Coal Camp History —
10 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Mount Hope — Historic Mount Hope Walking Tour —
11 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Mount Hope — Mine Safety — Mt. Hope — Coal Heritage Trail —
12 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Mount Hope — New River Coalfield — Mt. Hope — Coal Heritage Trail —
13 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Mount Hope — Siltix Mine Disaster —
14 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Mount Hope — The Coal Companies — Mt. Hope — Coal Heritage Trail —
15 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Mount Hope — The Coming of the Railroads — Mt. Hope — Coal Heritage Trail —
16 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Whipple Junction — Community Life in a Coal Camp — Whipple — Coal Heritage Trail — National Coal Heritage Area Interpretive Site —
17 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Whipple Junction — Disaster Underground — Coal Heritage Trail — National Coal Heritage Area Interpretive Site —
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18 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Whipple Junction — Labor Strikes and Conflicts — Whipple — Coal Heritage Trail — National Coal Heritage Area Interpretive Site —
19 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Whipple Junction — The Coal Barons — Coal Heritage Trail — National Coal Heritage Area Interpretive Site —
20 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Whipple Junction — The White Oak Valley — Coal Heritage Trail — National Coal Heritage Area Interpretive Site —
21 ► West Virginia, McDowell County, Ashland — Ashland Coal and Coke — National Coal Heritage Trail —
22 ► West Virginia, McDowell County, Ashland — Miners’ Pay — National Coal Heritage Trail —
23 ► West Virginia, McDowell County, Ashland — No Work Tomorrow — National Coal Heritage Trail —
24 ► West Virginia, McDowell County, Ashland — The Company Store — Ashland — National Coal Heritage Trail —
25 ► West Virginia, McDowell County, Ashland — Young Miners — National Coal Heritage Trail —
26 ► West Virginia, McDowell County, Kimball — 2001 – 2002 Floods — National Coal Heritage Trail —
27 ► West Virginia, McDowell County, Kimball — African Americans — National Coal Heritage Trail —
28 ► West Virginia, McDowell County, Kimball — Coal Company Town — Kimball — National Coal Heritage Trail —
29 ► West Virginia, McDowell County, Kimball — Dr. Roscoe Conklin Harrison — Harrison Memorial Hospital —
30 ► West Virginia, McDowell County, Kimball — Frederick Kimball — National Coal Heritage Trail —
31 ► West Virginia, McDowell County, Kimball — Heartland Corridor Project — Kimball — National Coal Heritage Trail —
32 ► West Virginia, McDowell County, Kimball — Henrietta Dismukes Hospital and Nurses’ Home —
33 ► West Virginia, McDowell County, Kimball — Houston Company Store — National Coal Heritage Trail —
34 ► West Virginia, McDowell County, Kimball — Kimball War Memorial — National Coal Heritage Trail —
35 ► West Virginia, McDowell County, Welch — Ethnic Population of McDowell County — National Coal Heritage Trail —
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36 ► West Virginia, McDowell County, Welch — Hatfield & Chambers — Killed on the Courthouse Steps — National Coal Heritage Trail —
37 ► West Virginia, McDowell County, Welch — Heartland Corridor Project — Welch — National Coal Heritage Trail —
38 ► West Virginia, McDowell County, Welch — Isaiah A. Welch — National Coal Heritage Trail —
39 ► West Virginia, McDowell County, Welch — McDowell County — National Coal Heritage Trail —
40 ► West Virginia, McDowell County, Welch — McDowell County Courthouse — National Coal Heritage Trail —
41 ► West Virginia, McDowell County, Welch — Welch History — National Coal Heritage Trail —
42 ► West Virginia, Mercer County, Bluefield — Bluefield Rail Yards — Bluefield —
43 ► West Virginia, Mercer County, Bluefield — Coal Heritage Trail —
44 ► West Virginia, Mercer County, Bluefield — Gateway to the "Billion Dollar Coalfield" — National Coal Heritage Area — Coal Heritage Trail —
45 ► West Virginia, Mercer County, Bluefield — Legends and Landmarks — Bluefield, West Virginia National Coal Heritage Area — Coal Heritage Trail —
46 ► West Virginia, Mercer County, Bluefield — Railroads: Prelude Prelude to Prosperity — National Coal Heritage Area — Coal Heritage Trail —
47 ► West Virginia, Mercer County, Bluefield — West Virginia's Most Diverse City — Bluefield, West Virginia National Coal Heritage Area — Coal Heritage Trail —
48 ► West Virginia, Mercer County, Bluefield — Where the Chicory Blooms — Bluefield, West Virginia National Coal Heritage Area — Coal Heritage Trail —
49 ► West Virginia, Mercer County, Bramwell — Developing the Coal Field — National Coal Heritage Trail —
50 ► West Virginia, Mercer County, Bramwell — Evolution of a Town — National Coal Heritage Trail —
51 ► West Virginia, Mercer County, Bramwell — The Coal Barons — National Coal Heritage Trail —
52 ► West Virginia, Mercer County, Bramwell — The Coming of the Railroad — National Coal Heritage Trail —
53 ► West Virginia, Mercer County, Bramwell — The Workers — National Coal Heritage Trail —
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54 ► West Virginia, Mingo County, Matewan — The Battle of Matewan — National Coal Heritage Trail —
55 ► West Virginia, Mingo County, Williamson — Williamson and the Railroad — Williamson — National Coal Heritage Trail —
56 ► West Virginia, Mingo County, Williamson — Williamson Historic District — National Coal Heritage Trail —
57 ► West Virginia, Raleigh County, Amigo — Byrd Prillerman High School — Coal Heritage Trail —
58 ► West Virginia, Raleigh County, Beckley — Aerial Gateway to Beckley —
59 ► West Virginia, Raleigh County, Beckley — Beckley's Flying Circuses —
60 ► West Virginia, Raleigh County, Beckley — Cleared for Takeoff —
61 ► West Virginia, Raleigh County, Beckley — Colonel Ernest E. Chilson — The Chilson Legacy —
62 ► West Virginia, Raleigh County, Grandview — Boom, Bust & Rebirth —
63 ► West Virginia, Raleigh County, Grandview — Glade Creek Timber —
64 ► West Virginia, Raleigh County, Grandview — Skidders and Boomboats —
65 ► West Virginia, Raleigh County, Lester — The Big Tunnel Fight —
66 ► West Virginia, Summers County, Talcott — Why The Tunnel Was Built —
67 ► West Virginia, Wyoming County, Mullens — Itmann Company Store — America’s Byways — Coal Heritage Trail — National Coal Heritage Area —
68 ► West Virginia, Wyoming County, Mullens — Mullens — America's Byways — Coal Heritage Trail — National Coal Heritage Area —
69 ► West Virginia, Wyoming County, Mullens — Mullens Historic District — America's Byways — Coal Heritage Trail — National Coal Heritage Area —
70 ► West Virginia, Wyoming County, Mullens — The Richest Little Railroad in the World — America's Byways — Coal Heritage Trail — National Coal Heritage Area —
71 ► West Virginia, Wyoming County, Mullens — The Virginian Arrives — America's Byways — Coal Heritage Trail — National Coal Heritage Area —
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72 ► West Virginia, Wyoming County, Mullens — Virginian Railway Motor Barn — Coal Heritage Trail — Reported permanently removed
73 ► West Virginia, Wyoming County, Mullens — Virginian Railway Station — Coal Heritage Trail — Reported permanently removed
 
 
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