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Company Town Monopoly

Posted on August 23, 2024 by Caryn

As mining work started up in the United States, the need for housing in the area of the mines started up too. This need brought about the “company town” as a place where all or most of the stores and housing in the town are owned by the same company. Continue reading →

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A Deadly Vocation

Posted on April 28, 2023 by Caryn

If you lived in Eccles, West Virginia in 1914, you or someone in your family most likely worked at the Eccles Mine Number 5. Eccles was a tiny town in Raleigh County. Mine number 5 was opened in 1905, and by 1914, the mine employed most of the local men and even the teenagers. Continue reading →

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Total Loss

Posted on January 13, 2019 by Caryn

Several hundred people were employed by the Virginia Rubber and Tire Company in Saint Albans, West Virginia, on January 13, 1924. The business, located on 41 acres of land along the Kanawha River across from the present-day Ordnance Park (ca. … Continue reading →

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Monongah Coal Mine Disaster

Posted on December 6, 2018 by Caryn

Coal mining, especially underground coal mining can be a dangerous occupation. No matter how hard the safety coordinators tried to keep people safe, and no matter how stringent the safety regulations were, accidents happened and sometimes, lives were lost. Coal … Continue reading →

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At A Standstill

Posted on November 24, 2018 by Caryn

As winter arrived in Coburn Creek, West Virginia in 1950, a storm of epic proportions was about to set some serious records. From November 22 to 30, a slow-moving, powerful storm system dumped heavy snow across much of the central … Continue reading →

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A Series Of Twisters

Posted on June 23, 2018 by Caryn

Tornado warnings and warning sirens are things that just about every person knows about these days, but in 1944, they weren’t available at all. It wasn’t that no one had thought about a tornado warning system, but rather that they … Continue reading →

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Out Of The Ashes

Posted on November 14, 2016 by Caryn

When a disaster strikes, we often see whole cities affected by the event. Rebuilding takes years, and the emotional scars might never heal. Plane crashes, while a disastrous event, seldom affect an entire town, not even if the plane crashed … Continue reading →

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