201 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Thurmond — Thurmond, West Virginia — New River Gorge National River — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior

On Thurmond Road. Reported permanently removed.

Here in Thurmond you can recall the vital role that railroads played in the growth and prosperity of America. For more than 80 years Thurmond’s railroads thrived. Amid the remnants of this once-bustling town, you can imagine the sounds of steam . . . — — Map (db m242508) HM

202 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Thurmond — Thurmond’s Decline — New River Gorge National River

On Main Street. Reported permanently removed.

Look down the railroad tracks. You might see a train coming. But if you do, you won’t see an engine fueled by coal, belching smoke and steam, as you would have during Thurmond’s heyday. Instead, you will see an engine powered with diesel fuel. . . . — — Map (db m242509) HM

203 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Thurmond — Where It All Starts — New River Gorge National River — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —

On Thurmond Road (County Road 25/2) 0.1 miles south of Beury Mountain Road (County Road 25/2), on the right when traveling north.

This depot was the heart of Thurmond and the New River Gorge in the early 1900s. The railroad ruled transportation, and this station is where people began their business and social activities when they arrived. Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O) Railway . . . — — Map (db m217544) HM

204 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Whipple Junction — Community Life in a Coal Camp — Whipple — Coal Heritage Trail — National Coal Heritage Area Interpretive Site —

On Okey L Patterson Road (West Virginia Route 612) at Scarbro Road (Local Route 1/5), on the right when traveling east on Okey L Patterson Road.

Coal companies often paid miners in scrip, a form of private money, each coal company issuing their own scrip. So that it would not be confused with American currency, most of the coins had some sort of hole in the middle. Company allowed miners . . . — — Map (db m238103) HM

205 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Whipple Junction — Disaster Underground — Coal Heritage Trail — National Coal Heritage Area Interpretive Site —

On Okey L Patterson Road (West Virginia Route 612) at Scarbro Road (Route 1/5), on the right on Okey L Patterson Road.

“Say a prayer for those who died in darkness so we may enjoy the sunlight.” —Inscription on the miners’ memorial in Whipple erected by the Knights of Columbus. The most dreaded sound in the coal camp was when the . . . — — Map (db m140365) HM

206 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Whipple Junction — Labor Strikes and Conflicts — Whipple — Coal Heritage Trail — National Coal Heritage Area Interpretive Site —

On Okey L Patterson Road (West Virginia Route 612) at Scarbro Road (Local Route 1/5), on the right when traveling east on Okey L Patterson Road.

The United Mine Workers of America sought to protect coal miners and began to agitate for better working conditions throughout the nation. But, it was difficult to organize the West Virginia miners’ union because of the ultimate control . . . — — Map (db m140168) HM

207 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Whipple Junction — The Coal Barons — Coal Heritage Trail — National Coal Heritage Area Interpretive Site —

On Okey L Patterson Road (West Virginia Route 612) at Scarbro Road (Route 1/5), on the right when traveling east on Okey L Patterson Road.

In the late 1800s, speculators, mining companies and investors were attracted to the vast, untapped seams of coal lying under the West Virginia mountains. The first coal operators created company towns, or coal camps, where everything was . . . — — Map (db m140429) HM

208 ► West Virginia, Fayette County, Whipple Junction — The White Oak Valley — Coal Heritage Trail — National Coal Heritage Area Interpretive Site —

On Okey L Patterson Road (West Virginia Route 612) at Scarbro Road (Route 1/5), on the right when traveling east on Okey L Patterson Road.

Pioneers settled the White Oak Valley in the 1800s. In 1892 the mineral rights were sold and the White Oak Fuel Company and the Whipple Colliery Company sunk five mine shafts at Whipple, Carlisle, Oakwood, Scarbro and Wingrove. Each of the five coal . . . — — Map (db m140403) HM

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