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West Virginia produced 489,000 tons of coal in 1869, 4,882,000 tons of coal in 1889, and 89,384,000 tons of coal in 1917. [3] The quick expansion of mining in West Virginia prompted many mining companies to construct company towns , in which mining companies own many, if not all housing, amenities, and public services.
The Battle of Blair Mountain was the largest labor uprising in United States history and is the largest armed uprising since the American Civil War. [5] [6] The conflict occurred in Logan County, West Virginia, as part of the Coal Wars, a series of early-20th-century labor disputes in Appalachia.
The Nuttallburg Coal Mining Complex and Town Historic District is located near Winona, West Virginia in New River Gorge National Park and Preserve. The townsite is almost directly across from the Kay Moor mine and townsite, now abandoned.
We’re making our way through another election season, which means politicians all across West Virginia and the country are singing their praises for coal yet again. We’ve all heard this many ...
While making biscuits and meatloaf at a fast-food restaurant during the coronavirus pandemic, 64-year-old Cynthia Nicholson often thinks back to her husband’s coal mining days in West Virginia.
A view of the New River in West Virginia, the world's third-oldest river geologically. The history of West Virginia stems from the 1861 Wheeling Convention, which was an assembly of northwestern Southern Unionist from northwestern counties of the state of Virginia.
On 24 February, women attempting to put their children on a train out of town were beaten by police, shocking the nation. [23] [28] 18 April 1912 (United States) The National Guard was called out against striking West Virginia coal miners at the Paint Creek and Cabin Creek, West Virginia mines. [26] 7 July 1912 (United States)
The number of coal jobs in West Virginia fell from 11,561 at the start of his presidency to 11,418 at the end in 2021, slowing coal's precipitous decline but not stopping it.