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
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
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
Stretching across western Mercer County through McDowell and southern Wyoming counties is the Pocahontas coalfield, one of the most productive, coal-bearing areas in the world. In this area, 6 seams of high-quality coal can be found close to the . . . — — Map (db m179086) HM
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 free school . . . — — Map (db m138447) HM
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
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