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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMN0O_coal-camp-history_Scarbro-WV.html
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 company-owned towns…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMN0J_mossy_Scarbro-WV.html
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 ki…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMN0H_the-rebirth-of-paint-creek_Scarbro-WV.html
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. Gr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMN0C_spy-rock_Lookout-WV.html
Sandstone formation at 2510 feet is landmark known for view of Sewell Mt. range to SE. Known as "Rock of Eyes" by Native Americans and dubbed "Spy Rock" by Civil War soldiers. Sept. 1861, Gen. J.D. Cox and 5,000 Union soldiers camped here to oppos…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMN04_hawks-nest-tunnel_Gauley-Bridge-WV.html
Mouth of the great Hawk's Nest Tunnel, three miles long, which diverts water of New River from its five-mile long gorge. The tunnel, a mile of which is through solid rock, and a 50-foot dam give waterfall of 160 feet for electric power.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMN03_salt-sand_Ansted-WV.html
The sheer cliffs of Nuttall sandstones forming the walls of the New River Gorge are the "Salt Sands" of the driller. These sands produce oil and natural gas in West Virginia and commercial brines on the Kanawha and Ohio Rivers.
Sponsored by the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMN00_hawks-nest-tunnel-disaster_Ansted-WV.html
Construction of nearby tunnel, diverting waters of New R. through Gauley Mt. for hydroelectric power, resulted in state's worst industrial disaster. Silica rock dust caused 109 admitted deaths in mostly black, migrant underground work force of 3,0…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMZW_christopher-h-payne_Montgomery-WV.html
Born in slavery in Monroe Co., Sept. 7, 1848, he worked as servant in the Confederate army. Served as teacher and ordained Baptist minister; estab. West Virginia Enterprise, Pioneer, & Mountain Eagle papers; later a lawyer. First African American …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMZ0_jacksons-mother_Ansted-WV.html
In Westlake Cemetery is the grave of the mother of General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson. The monument at the grave was placed by Captain Thomas Ranson, who had fought in Jackson's old brigade in the War between the States.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMYX_battles-for-the-bridges_Gauley-Bridge-WV.html
When the war began, most residents of this part of present-day West Virginia were Confederate in their sympathies. Both Confederate and Union forces considered the wooden covered bridge here strategically important because the James River and Kana…