Guardhouse and tipple at entrance to Marfork Mine
Event: Interview with Henry and Louise Aliff about the Evacuation of Packsville, West Virginia. Packsville was evacuated when the Marfork Mining Company (an A.T. Massey subsidiary) opened a mine at Marfork, jus... More
Interior, United Mine Workers of America union hall, Sundial, West Vir...
The Union Hall in Sundial is the meeting place for Union Local 6608 of the United Mine Workers. During the field project there was much discussion of the Massey/Pittston strikes that had occurred in the 1980s, ... More
Montcoal at twilight, from Cigar Hill
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Goals preparation plant in the morning
The Goals Preparation Plant at Sundial is a site for washing coal to bring the coal into compliance with clean air regulations. The name "Goals" draws our attention to the folklore of naming practices in mining... More
Ed Cantley carrying a freshly cut Christmas tree out to the sales area...
Event: Visit to Ed Cantley's Christmas Tree Farm. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Coal river. Miners loading into the mantrip. Southern West Virginia.
The mantrip is a battery-powered vehicle used, in this case, to transport miners. Event: Trip to Upper Big Branch Mine.
United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) local, housed in former church
When Marfork Coal company, a subsidiary of Massey Coal Services, opened a non-union mine at Marfork, just above Packsville, the local union opened an outpost at the church. The signs on the church register the ... More
John Flynn playing an electronic bowling game at the Sundial Tavern
Event: Saturday night at the Sundial Tavern. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Jesse Stone who works with Ed Cantley on Ed's Christmas tree farm
Event: Visit to Ed Cantley's Christmas Tree Farm. In anticipation of going hunting, Jesse Stone has grown a "deer beard," which helps camouflage him.
Bob Daniel, in the family cemetery on his farm
Event: Visit to Bob Daniel's Farm. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Becky (Mrs. Jim) Russell with her baby, Tiston Russell.
Event: United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) Union Vote. The baby was born a year and a half ago, three days after the last strike. The baby was three months early. Becky's husband is a miner.
Costain mountaintop removal mine, White Oak
Event: ATV tour of Mountaintop Removal and Reclamation on Clear Fork.
Miners and organizers waiting for the results of a vote at the United ...
Event: United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) Union Vote. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Pat Canterbury showing albums in which he has collected stickers and p...
Event: Interview with Pat Canterbury about labor history on Coal River.
Logging transport operation, Naoma, West Virginia
Event: Driving Route 3. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
View of the valley sludge pond from the mine entrance end to the dam
Mountaintop removal and reclamation introduces several new landforms to the coal fields. One of the introduced landforms is the "wet refuse impoundment," a structure designed to store the waste from coal prepar... More
John Flynn and Glen Dale Tabor shooting pool at Tabor's Convenience St...
Event: Shooting pool at Tabor's Convenience Store. Public domain photograph of pool game, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Jess Duncan, union organizer, seated in front of a union banner on the...
The Union Hall in Sundial is the meeting place for Union Local 6608 of the United Mine Workers. During the field project there was much discussion of the Massey/Pittston strikes that had occurred in the 1980s, ... More
Madonna and Child, sculpted by Connard Wolfe, located outside the Kana...
Event: Visit to the sculpture studio of Connard Wolfe. This stone sculpture has been painted brown.
Miners and organizers waiting for the results of a vote at the United ...
Event: United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) Union Vote. Bob Phalan is president of UMWA District 17.
Reclamation on the Costain mountaintop removal site, White Oak
Event: ATV tour of Mountaintop Removal and Reclamation on Clear Fork.
Randy Sprouse at the Costain mine reclamation site, White Oak
Event: ATV tour of Mountaintop Removal and Reclamation on Clear Fork.
Syble Pettry, proprietor of Syble's Bed and Barn in Naoma, West Virgin...
Event: Interview with Syble Pettry. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Jess Duncan, union organizer, seated in front of a union banner on the...
The Union Hall in Sundial is the meeting place for Union Local 6608 of the United Mine Workers. During the field project there was much discussion of the Massey/Pittston strikes that had occurred in the 1980s, ... More
Close-up of freshly cut tree in Canterbury Hollow on Rock Creek. Dann...
Public domain photograph of timber industry, lumber, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Danny Williams, of Clay's Branch, trimming the log end of a tree for B...
The extraction of coal and timber has for the past century formed a "boom and bust" economy for people living in the mountains. Conversations with residents and foresters reveal a contrast between two modes of ... More
Coal river. Ed Cantley's house. Southern West Virginia.
Event: Visit to Ed Cantley's Christmas Tree Farm. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Continuous feed belt that moves the coal from one mine to another to b...
Event: Trip to Upper Big Branch Mine. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Bill Jarrell with one of his handmade tools
Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Coal river. American Folklife Center: Louise Aliff. Southern West Virg...
Packsville was evacuated when the Marfork Mining Company (an A.T. Massey subsidiary) opened a mine at Marfork, just up the hollow from Packsville. Event: Interview with Henry and Louise Aliff about the Evacuati... More
Coal river. Glendale Tabor, Naoma, WV. Southern West Virginia.
Event: Interview with Glendale Tabor. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
B&T Logging Contractors sign at the job site
The extraction of coal and timber has for the past century formed a "boom and bust" economy for people living in the mountains. Conversations with residents and foresters reveal a contrast between two modes of ... More
Danny Williams, of B&T Logging Contractors, assessing the next area he...
The extraction of coal and timber has for the past century formed a "boom and bust" economy for people living in the mountains. Conversations with residents and foresters reveal a contrast between two modes of ... More
Coal river. Bob Daniel with his horses. Southern West Virginia.
Event: Visit to Bob Daniel's Farm. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) local, housed in former church, ...
When Marfork Coal company, a subsidiary of Massey Coal Services, opened a non-union mine at Marfork, just above Packsville, the local union opened an outpost at the church. The signs on the church register the ... More
Carla Pettry (left), her mother, Shelby Cantley Estep, and Ed Cantley
Event: Visit to Ed Cantley's Christmas Tree Farm. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Signs showing support for the United Mine Workers of America at a home...
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Logging transport operation, Naoma, West Virginia
Event: Driving Route 3. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Coal cleaning plant as viewed from the sludge dam. The pond is filled...
Mountaintop removal and reclamation introduces several new landforms to the coal fields. One of the introduced landforms is the "wet refuse impoundment," a structure designed to store the waste from coal prepar... More
Bernice Springston, of B&T Logging Contractors, in Canterbury Hollow ...
The extraction of coal and timber has for the past century formed a "boom and bust" economy for people living in the mountains. Conversations with residents and foresters reveal a contrast between two modes of ... More
Juddy Allen with Mary Hufford and Lyntha Eiler reflected in his glasse...
Event: Trip to Upper Big Branch Mine. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Field locust growing on reclaimed mountaintop removal site, White Oak
Event: ATV tour of Mountaintop Removal and Reclamation on Clear Fork.
Coal river. The reclamation of White Oak. Southern West Virginia.
Event: ATV tour of Mountaintop Removal and Reclamation on Clear Fork.
Pat Canterbury showing albums in which he has collected stickers and p...
Event: Interview with Pat Canterbury about labor history on Coal River.
United Mine Workers' picket shack at the mouth of Hazy Creek, Edwight,...
Event: Driving Route 3. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Coal river. John August, Stickney, WV. Southern West Virginia.
Event: Interview with John August. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Martha Pettry serving and joking with patrons at the Sundial Tavern
Event: Saturday night at the Sundial Tavern. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
James Dye (left) and Jess Duncan, United Mine Workers of America union...
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Patrons socializing at the Sundial Tavern
Event: Saturday night at the Sundial Tavern. Public domain photograph of a restaurant, tavern interior, food, drinks, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Johnny Howerton, coal miner, eating breakfast at Syble's Bed & Barn, f...
At 22 years of age, Johnny Howerton is the youngest mine boss in this area. Event: Breakfast at Syble's Bed & Barn.
"Red Lady," a reclining nude sculpted by Connard Wolfe in the woods ne...
Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Close-up of "field" locust on reclaimed mountaintop removal site, Whit...
Event: ATV tour of Mountaintop Removal and Reclamation on Clear Fork.
Pat Canterbury showing albums in which he has collected stickers and p...
Event: Interview with Pat Canterbury about labor history on Coal River.
John Bowman, ex-miner and ex-moonshiner, now self-employed seller of a...
When the Beckley Mines closed down in the 1980s, John Bowman entered the flea market business. Flea markets in the region span a gamut from large, more formal sites like the Beckley Flea Market (open on Wednesd... More
Exterior, United Mine Workers of America union hall, Sundial, West Vir...
The Union Hall in Sundial is the meeting place for Union Local 6608 of the United Mine Workers. During the field project there was much discussion of the Massey/Pittston strikes that had occurred in the 1980s, ... More
Syble Pettry, owner and proprietor of Syble's Bed & Barn
The Back Porch is a gathering place where locals come for coffee, a meal, or to take home some "fast food." Out-of-state miners and contractors stay at Syble's and eat all their meals here.
Ed Cantley and his Christmas tree farm
Event: Visit to Ed Cantley's Christmas Tree Farm. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Some of Bill Jarrell's handmade tools
Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Miners and organizers waiting for the results of a vote at the United ...
Event: United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) Union Vote. Bob Phalan is president of UMWA District 17.
Mine sedimentation pond above a home on Toney's Fork
Event: ATV tour of Mountaintop Removal and Reclamation on Clear Fork.
Montcoal at twilight, from Cigar Hill
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Kenny Lively, United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) union organizer, b...
Mountaintop removal and reclamation introduces several new landforms to the coal fields. One of the introduced landforms is the "wet refuse impoundment," a structure designed to store the waste from coal prepar... More
Bob Daniel and Mary Hufford standing in a family cemetery on Bob Danie...
Event: Visit to Bob Daniel's Farm. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Woody Boggs rebuilding an engine at Jarrell's Garage
Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Coal river. Connard Wolfe's sculpting tools. Southern West Virginia.
Event: Visit to the sculpture studio of Connard Wolfe. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Miners preparing to start their shift
Event: Trip to Upper Big Branch Mine. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Coal river. Connard Wolfe's ginseng hoe. Southern West Virginia.
Event: Visit to the sculpture studio of Connard Wolfe. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Continuous feed belt that moves the coal from one mine to another to b...
Event: Trip to Upper Big Branch Mine. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Miners preparing to start their shift
Event: Trip to Upper Big Branch Mine. Public domain photograph of quarry workers, mining, miners, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Coal river. Mantrip approaching the mine entrance. Southern West Virgi...
The mantrip is a battery-powered vehicle used, in this case, to transport miners. Event: Trip to Upper Big Branch Mine.
Opie Aldman, of B&T Logging Contractors, unchaining logs from a bulldo...
The extraction of coal and timber has for the past century formed a "boom and bust" economy for people living in the mountains. Conversations with residents and foresters reveal a contrast between two modes of ... More
Danny Williams, of B&T Logging Contractors, relaxing on a break from l...
The extraction of coal and timber has for the past century formed a "boom and bust" economy for people living in the mountains. Conversations with residents and foresters reveal a contrast between two modes of ... More
Logging transport operation, Naoma, West Virginia
Event: Driving Route 3. Public domain photograph of timber industry, lumber, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
View of the dam from the side of the sludge pond
Mountaintop removal and reclamation introduces several new landforms to the coal fields. One of the introduced landforms is the "wet refuse impoundment," a structure designed to store the waste from coal prepar... More
Sign in front of Syble's Bed and Barn, a boarding house and restaurant...
Event: Scenes around Coal River. Public domain photograph of movie theater building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Continuous feed belt that moves the coal from one mine to another to b...
Event: Trip to Upper Big Branch Mine. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Mantrip leaving for the coal face of the mine
The mantrip is a battery-powered vehicle used, in this case, to transport miners. Event: Trip to Upper Big Branch Mine.
Lunch at the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) union hall where mi...
Event: United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) Union Vote. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Coal river. Reclaimed abandoned highwall, White Oak. Southern West Vir...
Event: ATV tour of Mountaintop Removal and Reclamation on Clear Fork.
Jess Duncan of Sylvester, West Virginia, at the United Mine Workers of...
The Union Hall in Sundial is the meeting place for Union Local 6608 of the United Mine Workers. During the field project there was much discussion of the Massey/Pittston strikes that had occurred in the 1980s, ... More
Kenny and Martha Pettry, proprietors of the Sundial Tavern until 1999,...
Event: Saturday night at the Sundial Tavern. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Coal river. Gravestones carved by Connard Wolfe. Southern West Virgini...
Event: Visit to the sculpture studio of Connard Wolfe. Public domain photograph - grave, cemetery, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photograph - monument, cemete... More
Jesse Stone and Mrs. Joe Jarrell hunting for perfect Christmas trees.
Event: Visit to Ed Cantley's Christmas Tree Farm. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Coal river. Bill Jarrell, Peachtree Creek. Southern West Virginia.
Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Coal river. American Folklife Center: Ed Cantley. Southern West Virgin...
Event: Visit to Ed Cantley's Christmas Tree Farm. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The Charles Jarrell Store, the oldest continually operating store in R...
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View of a valley fill behind a home on Toney's Fork
Event: ATV tour of Mountaintop Removal and Reclamation on Clear Fork.
Sign outside the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) union hall: "U...
Event: United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) Union Vote. Bob Phalan is president of UMWA District 17.
Coal river. August Service Station. Southern West Virginia.
Event: Interview with John August. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Coal river. American Folklife Center: Henry Aliff. Southern West Virgi...
Packsville was evacuated when the Marfork Mining Company (an A.T. Massey subsidiary) opened a mine at Marfork, just up the hollow from Packsville. Event: Interview with Henry and Louise Aliff about the Evacuati... More
United Mineworkers of America (UMWA) hall, Local 6608
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James Dye, United Mine Workers of America union organizer, at the loca...
The Union Hall in Sundial is the meeting place for Union Local 6608 of the United Mine Workers. During the field project there was much discussion of the Massey/Pittston strikes that had occurred in the 1980s, ... More
Mary Hufford, foreground, interviewing James Dye (left) and Jess Dunca...
The Union Hall in Sundial is the meeting place for Union Local 6608 of the United Mine Workers. During the field project there was much discussion of the Massey/Pittston strikes that had occurred in the 1980s, ... More
Bernice Springston, of B&T Logging Contractors, in Canterbury Hollow ...
Public domain photograph of farm, farmer, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Bob Daniel peeling a nut with his pocket knife
Event: Visit to Bob Daniel's Farm. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Mountaineer Mining operation at the head of Drews Creek
This had been the access road from Drews Creek to Highway 99. It is now blocked off due to coalmining.