Search Results
IDNO:
040631
Title:
Blair Mountain; Town of Blair; Looking NE from Fire Tower Site; Logan Co., W. Va.
Date:
1991/02/05
Description:
Private planes dropped bombs near here during the Coal Wars.
IDNO:
040632
Title:
Blair Mountain; Rock Pile Near Crooked Creek Gap; Logan Co., W. Va.
Date:
1991/02/05
Description:
Crooked Creek Gap area saw heavy fighting during the Battle of Blair. Archaeologist Mike Workman uses metal detector to scan rock pile from artifacts with Howard Green to the right.
IDNO:
040633
Title:
Blair Mountain; Crooked Creek Gap; Logan Co., W. Va.
Date:
1991/02/05
Description:
This trail would have seen lots of action during the battle of Blair Mountain due to the large amount of fighting that occured at Crooked Creek Gap.
IDNO:
040634
Title:
Blair Mountain; Spent .30-06 Shell Found On Point NW of Crooked Creek Gap; Logan Co., W. Va.
Date:
1991/02/05
Description:
Ammunition was more than likely left from the Battle of Blair Mountain. Shell is located in the center of the photo.
IDNO:
040635
Title:
Blair Mountain Earthwork at Bill Smith Hollow; Logan Co., W. Va.
Date:
1991/02/06
Description:
Line of defense for company guards and deputies from sheriff's department and U.S. Army.
IDNO:
040636
Title:
Blair Mountain Earthworks, South Side of Bill Smith Hollow; Logan Co., W. Va.
Date:
1991/02/06
Description:
Line of defense for company guards and deputies from the sheriff's department and the U.S. Army.
IDNO:
040637
Title:
Foundations of Blair Depot; Blair, W. Va.
Date:
1991/02/06
Description:
Train station where rebelling miners arrived on hijacked trains during the Battle of Blair Mountain.
IDNO:
040638
Title:
Blair Mountain Fire Tower, Logan Co., W. Va.
Date:
1991/02/05
Description:
Fire tower has no significance to the Battle of Blair Mountain, it was just used later by archaelogists to take elevated photos of the surrounding area.
IDNO:
040639
Title:
Looking Down Camp Branch Hollow, Blair Mountain, Logan Co., W. Va.
Date:
1991/02/06
Description:
Camp was more than likely used by company guards who were stationed atop the mountain during the Battle of Blair Mountain.
IDNO:
040640
Title:
View From Fire Tower L, West, Blair Mountain, Logan Co., W. Va.
Date:
1991/02/05
Description:
Photograph taken of the west side of Blair Mountain from fire tower l.
IDNO:
040641
Title:
View From Fire Tower LSE, Blair Mountain; Logan Co., W. Va.
Date:
1991/02/05
Description:
Photograph taken of the southeast side of the mountain from fire tower l.
IDNO:
040642
Title:
Blair Mountain; North Elevation; Mine Supply House; Ethel Hollow; Logan Co., W. Va.
Date:
1991/02/06
Description:
Building where rebelling miners kept supplies during the Battle of Blair Mountain.
IDNO:
040643
Title:
Company Store Vault, Ethel Hollow, Blair Mountain, Logan Co., W. Va.
Date:
1991/02/06
Description:
Place for mine company workers to store items.
IDNO:
040644
Title:
Blair Mountain; Former Train Switch, Jeffery; Logan Co., W. Va.
Date:
1991/02/07
Description:
Area where miners, on hijacked trains would pass through during the Battle of Blair Mountain.
IDNO:
040645
Title:
Blair Mountain; Ethel Company House; Ethel Hollow; Logan Co., W. Va.
Date:
1991/02/07
Description:
House owned by the Ethel Mining Company which was involved in the Battle of Blair Mountain.
IDNO:
040646
Title:
Blair Mountain; Mouth of Bill Smith Hollow; Looking Northeast; Logan Co., W. Va.
Date:
1991/02/11
Description:
Area of the mountain where the battle occurred.
IDNO:
040647
Title:
Switch Back, West of Blair Mountain Crest; Looking Towards George's Creek; Logan Co., W. Va.
Date:
1991/02/11
Description:
Area where the battle between coal miners and the coal companies took place in 1920 over the unionization of the miners.
IDNO:
040648
Title:
Blair Mountain; Mouth of Bill Smith Hollow; Looking West; Logan Co., W. Va.
Description:
Area on Blair Mountain where the battle between coal miners and the coal companies took place in 1920 over the unionization of the miners.
IDNO:
040649
Title:
Blair Mountain; Slope Mine Opening; Ethel Hollow; Logan Co., W. Va.
Date:
1991/02/06
Description:
Mine entrance where the revolting miners would have worked.
IDNO:
040650
Title:
Blair Mountain; Sanders Farmhouse; Mouth of Sycamore Hollow; Logan Co., W. Va.
Date:
1991/02/06
IDNO:
040651
Title:
Blair Mountain; Stone Church, Opposite Mouth of Camp Branch Hollow; Logan Co., W. Va.
Date:
1991/02/07
IDNO:
040652
Title:
Blair Mountain; Mouth of Bill Smith Hollow; Looking East; Logan Co., W. Va.
Date:
1991/02/07
Description:
Area where the battle between coal miners and the coal companies took place in 1920 over the unionization of the miners.
IDNO:
040653
Title:
Tipple Near Boone-Logan County Line, Hewett Road, Blair Mountain, W. Va.
Date:
1991/02/07
Description:
Place where mine cars would be tipped and emptied of their coal.
IDNO:
040654
Title:
DAL-TEX Tipple, Near Monclo, Blair Mountain, W. Va.
Date:
1991/02/06
Description:
Part of a mining operation.
IDNO:
040655
Title:
DAL-TEX Surface Mining Operation; Left Fork of Beech Creek, Blair Mountain, W. Va.
Date:
1991/02/06
Description:
On the right: surface mining operation.
IDNO:
040656
Title:
DAL-TEX Surface Mining Operation; Left Fork of Beech Creek, Blair Mountain, W. Va.
Date:
1991/02/06
IDNO:
040657
Title:
Blair Mountain; DAL-TEX Mountain Top Removal System; Beech Creek; Logan Co., W. Va.
Date:
1991/02/06
Description:
Tops of the mountains in the distance have been removed.
IDNO:
040658
Title:
DAL-TEX Mountain Top Removal System; Beech Creek; Logan County, W. Va.
Date:
1991/02/11
IDNO:
040659
Title:
Semi Automatic Smith and Wesson, Blair Mountain, Logan Co., W. Va.
Date:
1991/09
Description:
Old Smith and Wesson likely from the Battle of Blair Mountain.
IDNO:
040660
Title:
Shell Casings and Button Found at Whites Trace Branch, Logan County, W. Va.
Date:
1991/05/23
Description:
Casings and button were likely left from the Battle of Blair Mountain.
IDNO:
040661
Title:
Historic Marker at Blair Mountain Gap, Logan Co., W. Va.
Date:
1991/05/23
Description:
Marker reads: "Blair Mtn. Fire Tower Site Of Miners Battle Blair Mtn. Aug. 1921".
IDNO:
040662
Title:
Stone Mine Supply House; Ethel Hollow at Blair Mountain, W. Va.
Date:
1991/08/08
Description:
Northwest exterior view of a ca. 1914 structure built by Italian masons for the Dingess-Rum Coal Company.
IDNO:
040663
Title:
Stone Mine Supply House; Ethel Hollow, Blair Mountain, Logan Co., W. Va.
Date:
1991/08/08
Description:
North facade of the structure built in 1914.
IDNO:
040664
Title:
Company House, Ethel Hollow, Blair Mountain, Logan Co., W. Va.
Date:
1991/08/08
IDNO:
040666
Title:
Stone Mine Supply House, Ethel Hollow, Blair Mountain, W. Va.
Date:
1991/08/08
IDNO:
040667
Title:
Ethel Hollow at Blair Mountain, Logan Co., W. Va.
Description:
Area where the battle between coal miners and the coal companies took place in 1920 over the unionization of the miners.
IDNO:
040668
Title:
Blair School House; Blair, Logan County, W. Va.
Date:
1991/08/08
Description:
Remains of what was once the Blair school house occupied during the Battle of Blair Mountain.
IDNO:
040669
Title:
Blair School House; Blair, Logan County, W. Va.
Date:
1991/08/08
Description:
Remains of what was once the Blair school house. The structure was used as a meeting place during the Battle of Mountain.
IDNO:
040670
Title:
Stone Mine Supply House; Ethel Hollow; Logan Co., W. Va.
Date:
1991/08/08
Description:
West personnel entrance (interior). The structure was used as a staging area for defensive forces in the Battle of Blair Mountain.
IDNO:
040671
Title:
Stone Mine Supply House, Ethel Hollow in Logan Co., W. Va.
Date:
1991/08/08
Description:
Interior of stone mine supply house at Blair Mountain
IDNO:
040672
Title:
Stone Mine Supply House, Ethel Hollow in Logan Co., W. Va.
Date:
1991/08/08
Description:
Interior of stone mine supply house. Used as a staging area for company guards and other defense forces during the Battle of Blair Mountain.
IDNO:
040673
Title:
Stone Mine Supply House, Ethel Hollow in Logan Co., W. Va.
Date:
1991/08/08
Description:
Interior of a structure used during the Battle of Blair Mountain. Soon after this photograph was taken the building was razed.
IDNO:
040674
Title:
Stone Mine Supply House, Ethel Hollow in Logan Co., W. Va.
Date:
1991/08/08
Description:
Southwest exterior of structure used during the Battle of Blair Mountain.
IDNO:
040675
Title:
Looking Up Right Fork of Crooked Creek at Blair Mountain, Logan Co., W. Va.
Date:
1991/07
Description:
Area where the battle between coal miners and the coal companies took place in 1920 over the unionization of the miners.
IDNO:
040676
Title:
Stone Mine Supply House, Ethel Hollow in Logan Co., W. Va.
Date:
1991/08
Description:
Structure used during the Battle of Blair Mountain.
IDNO:
040677
Title:
Coal Company's Script, Logan Co., W. Va.
Date:
1991/07
Description:
A miner was paid with company script or money, good only in company owned businesses. Script collection belongs to Bill Long.
IDNO:
040678
Title:
Coal Company's Script, Logan Co., W. Va.
Date:
1991/07
Description:
How a miner was paid. Script collection belongs to Bill Long.
IDNO:
040679
Title:
Fox Holes at North Crest, Blair Mountain, Logan Co., W. Va.
Date:
1991/10
Description:
Fortification for those fighting in the Battle of Blair Mountain.
IDNO:
040680
Title:
Shells Found In Fox Holes, North Crest, Blair Mountain, Logan Co., W. Va.
Date:
1991/10
Description:
Bullet shells that remain from the Battle of Blair Mountain.
IDNO:
040737
Title:
W. Lloyd Elkins Restaurant, Blair, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1920's
Description:
Unidentified man stands outside of the W.L. Elkins Restaurant.