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Leewin Richmond's ‘37 Buick, on Shumate's Branch

Leewin Richmond's ‘37 Buick, on Shumate's Branch

Event: Visit to Homes on Shumate's Branch Prior to Evacuation in Preparation for Slurry Impoundment. Rick Bradford of Edwight, West Virginia, took photographs of homes and other traces of community life on Shum... More

Clyde Bonds, at Daffy Bonds' house on Shumate's Branch

Clyde Bonds, at Daffy Bonds' house on Shumate's Branch

Event: Visit to Homes on Shumate's Branch Prior to Evacuation in Preparation for Slurry Impoundment. Rick Bradford of Edwight, West Virginia, took photographs of homes on Shumate's Branch just before they were ... More

Coal river. The road through Shumate's Branch. Southern West Virginia.

Coal river. The road through Shumate's Branch. Southern West Virginia.

Event: Visit to Homes on Shumate's Branch Prior to Evacuation in Preparation for Slurry Impoundment. Rick Bradford of Edwight, West Virginia, took photographs of homes on Shumate's Branch just before they were ... More

House on Shumate's Branch, about to be torn down

House on Shumate's Branch, about to be torn down

This photo was taken by Rick Bradford, of Edwight, who documented homes on Shumate's Branch just prior to their demolition. The Peabody Coal Company transformed Shumate's Branch into the Shumate's Branch Wet Re... More

Buck Gregory's house on Shumate's Branch
Daffy Bonds' house on Shumate's Branch

Daffy Bonds' house on Shumate's Branch

Rick Bradford of Edwight, West Virginia, took photographs of homes on Shumate's Branch just before they were torn down to build a slurry impoundment. Dave Bailey describes the houses, their inhabitants, and the... More

The house of Kemper and Stella Mae Clay on Shumate's Branch

The house of Kemper and Stella Mae Clay on Shumate's Branch

Event: Visit to Homes on Shumate's Branch Prior to Evacuation in Preparation for Slurry Impoundment. Rick Bradford of Edwight, West Virginia, took photographs of homes on Shumate's Branch just before they were ... More

Buck Gregory's house on Shumate's Branch

Buck Gregory's house on Shumate's Branch

Event: Visit to Homes on Shumate's Branch Prior to Evacuation in Preparation for Slurry Impoundment. Rick Bradford of Edwight, West Virginia, took photographs of homes and other traces of community life on Shum... More

James Clay's house on Shumate's Branch

James Clay's house on Shumate's Branch

Event: Visit to Homes on Shumate's Branch Prior to Evacuation in Preparation for Slurry Impoundment. Rick Bradford of Edwight, West Virginia, took photographs of homes on Shumate's Branch just before they were ... More

Coal river. Arlie Clay's house, Shumate's Branch. Southern West Virginia.

Coal river. Arlie Clay's house, Shumate's Branch. Southern West Virgin...

Event: Visit to Homes on Shumate's Branch Prior to Evacuation in Preparation for Slurry Impoundment. Rick Bradford of Edwight, West Virginia, took photographs of homes on Shumate's Branch just before they were ... More

The house of Denver Collins, Shumate's Branch

The house of Denver Collins, Shumate's Branch

Event: Visit to Homes on Shumate's Branch Prior to Evacuation in Preparation for Slurry Impoundment. Rick Bradford of Edwight, West Virginia, took photographs of homes on Shumate's Branch just before they were ... More

Signs showing support for the United Mine Workers of America at a home near the entrance to Packsville

Signs showing support for the United Mine Workers of America at a home...

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