On Bishop Ranch (West Virginia Route 612) at Milburn Road (County Route 1/5) when traveling east on Bishop Ranch.
With railroads came thousands of workers looking to make a new life in the coalfields. In the late 1800’s and well into the mid-1900’s, many Appalachian miners lived in company towns called “Coal Camps”.
Mine operators built . . . — — Map (db m34443) HM
On Bishop Ranch (West Virginia Route 612) at Milburn Road (County Route 1/5), on the right when traveling east on Bishop Ranch.
1913-Union organizer Mary "Mother" Jones imprisoned in Pratt.
1913-Approximate location of the striking miners tent colony that was fired on by mine guards wielding a machine gun mounted on the "Bull Moose" special train
1919-7 miners are . . . — — Map (db m34438) HM
On Bishop Ranch (West Virginia Route 612) at Milburn Road (County Route 1/5), on the right when traveling east on Bishop Ranch.
Soon after settlers arrived in Paint Creek, the landscape and population changed forever with the discovery of coal. Within just a few years, mines began operating at Paint Creek under the ownership of New York businessman William Henry Greene. . . . — — Map (db m34436) HM
