On Coal Valley Road near Blair Mountain Highway (West Virginia Route 17), on the left when traveling east.
In August 1921, an estimated 15,000 coal miners and their allies participated in the largest armed labor uprising in US history.
But this was just the finale of a drama begun a decade earlier. In 1912, on Paint Creek and Cabin Creek, . . . — — Map (db m206809) HM
On State Street (West Virginia Route 85) at Avenue C, on the left when traveling south on State Street.
Designed by architect H. Russ Warne in Neo-Classical Revival style. Opened in 1921; replaced first brick courthouse. Features Indiana limestone, Beaux-Arts Classicism in small open-domed belvedere, tetra-style 2-story porticos with Corinthian . . . — — Map (db m138450) HM
On State Street (West Virginia Route 85) at Avenue C, on the left when traveling south on State Street.
County seat, incorporated in 1906 and
named for William Madison Peyton, a leader
in movement for the formation of Boone
County, 1847. Peyton, pioneer in the development of the Coal River Valley, locked and
dammed Coal River in the 1840’s and . . . — — Map (db m138449) HM
On West Virginia Route 85, 0.1 miles north of Country Estates Road, on the left when traveling south.
Born in 1810 in present-day Boone
County, Methodist minister Robert
Hager was a delegate to the state’s
first constitutional convention in
Wheeling. 1861-1863. He supported
including a provision for gradual
emancipation in WV and also a . . . — — Map (db m138447) HM
On Memorial Drive north of Ridgeview-Nellis Road (County Route 1), on the right when traveling west.
Founded in 1917 by T. E. B. Siler and
M. Slush; named for newspaper editor
Frank Nellis. Purchased by ARMCO
in 1920. Noted as model coal mining
town. Homes were built by Minter of
Huntington. ARMCO Assoc. Building, in
center of town, housed . . . — — Map (db m137428) HM
On Memorial Drive near Ridgeview-Nellis Road (County Route 1), on the right when traveling west.
William C. Barker • Julias Domokos • Lester Gunnoe • William H. Gunnoe • O’Dell Linville • Onal O. Miller • John Setliff • Steve Turkovitch • Lawrence J. Vincent • John Williams • William O. Workman
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On Saturday, November 6, . . . — — Map (db m137442) HM
On Daniel Boone Parkway (West Virginia Route 3) 0.1 miles west of Roundbottom Road (Local Route 119/21), on the right when traveling west.
John Peter Salley (Salling)
and companions discovered
coal near here in
1742 on their exploring
trip from the Greenbrier
River. They followed the
Coal River to its junction
with The Great Kanawha
River at St. Albans. — — Map (db m137510) HM
On Daniel Boone Parkway (West Virginia Route 3) 0.5 miles west of the Peytona Post Office on Roundbottom Road (Local Route 119/21), on the left when traveling west.
Under rock overhang across highway was an Indian camp site. Here were found several burials. One occupation, Fort Ancient, dates from A.D. 1400; another, Buck Garden, from A.D. 1000. Pottery and other artifacts were found. — — Map (db m137446) HM
On Daniel Boone Parkway (West Virginia Route 3) 0.5 miles west of the Peytona Post Office on Roundbottom Road (Local Route 119/21).
To the north, birthplace and home
of John Edward Kenna, U. S. Senator
and prominent figure in the early
life of this State. His statue
stands among the notables of other
States in the Hall of Columns in
the national capitol in Washington. — — Map (db m137454) HM
On Daniel Boone Parkway (West Virginia Route 3) at Roundbottom Road (Local Route 119/21) when traveling west on Daniel Boone Parkway.
Named for William Madison Peyton,
father of navigation on Coal River,
who promoted and actively engaged in
coal mining. As chief engineer for the
Coal River Navigation Company, he
locked and dammed Coal River in the
1840’s and made it . . . — — Map (db m137511) HM
On Coal River Road (West Virginia Route 3) at Red Martin Lane, on the right when traveling west on Coal River Road.
War comes to the Big Coal River. Emboldened by a resounding victory against Confederates at Boone Court House (Madison), Union General Cox ordered Federal troops back into the Coal River Valley. This time the target was the Big Coal River.
. . . — — Map (db m137753) HM
On Coal River Road (West Virginia Route 3) at Bridge Avenue, on the left when traveling east on Coal River Road.
The Coal River is a tributary of the Kanawha River in southern West Virginia. It is formed near the community of Alum Creek by the confluence of the Big and Little Coal Rivers. The Coal River flows generally northward through western Kanawha County, . . . — — Map (db m137542) HM
On Coal River Road (West Virginia Route 3), on the right when traveling west.
Completed as Sherman District Jr.
High in 1931. Whitesville School
replaced a building that burned
down in 1929. Wysong and Bengston
designed the rare example of high-style Art Deco architecture in the
southern West Virginia coalfields.
Since . . . — — Map (db m137755) HM
On Coal River Road (West Virginia Route 3) just west of Bridge Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
Following the footprint.
Every mine explosion leaves behind a footprint that offers clues to investigators
as to where the blast originated and how the force traveled from the ignition
point. The footprint left behind in the Upper Big Branch . . . — — Map (db m137546) HM
On Coal River Road (West Virginia Route 3) just west of Bridge Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
Monday, April 5
3:01 p.m. Explosion erupts
through the mine, blasting
debris out of the portals and
lasting for several minutes.
The carbon monoxide
monitoring system alarms
and mine fan records show
a major disruption to . . . — — Map (db m137549) HM
On Cial River Road (West Virginia Route 3) west of Bridge Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
This memorial is dedicated to twenty-nine miners who lost their lives in an explosion at the Upper Big Branch Coal Mine on April 5th, 2010 and to all miners who have suffered injury, illness or death as a result of working in the coal industry. This . . . — — Map (db m137751) HM
On Coal River Road (West Virginia Route 3) just north of Bridge Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
1907 Fairmont Coal Company
Monongah No. 6 and No. 8 Mines
Monongah, West Virginia
At 10:20 a.m., December 6, 1907, explosions occurred at the No. 6 and No. 8 mines at Monongah, West Virginia. The explosions ripped through the mines, . . . — — Map (db m137748) HM
