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Private planes dropped bombs near here during the Coal Wars.

1. Blair Mountain; Town of Blair; Looking NE from Fire Tower Site; Logan Co., W. Va.

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.

2. Blair Mountain; Rock Pile Near Crooked Creek Gap; Logan Co., W. Va.

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.

3. Blair Mountain; Crooked Creek Gap; Logan Co., W. Va.

Ammunition was more than likely left from the Battle of Blair Mountain. Shell is located in the center of the photo.

4. Blair Mountain; Spent .30-06 Shell Found On Point NW of Crooked Creek Gap; Logan Co., W. Va.

Line of defense for company guards and deputies from sheriff's department and U.S. Army.

5. Blair Mountain Earthwork at Bill Smith Hollow; Logan Co., W. Va.

Line of defense for company guards and deputies from the sheriff's department and the U.S. Army.

6. Blair Mountain Earthworks, South Side of Bill Smith Hollow; Logan Co., W. Va.

Train station where rebelling miners arrived on hijacked trains during the Battle of Blair Mountain.

7. Foundations of Blair Depot; Blair, W. Va.

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.

8. Blair Mountain Fire Tower, Logan Co., W. Va.

Camp was more than likely used by company guards who were stationed atop the mountain during the Battle of Blair Mountain.

9. Looking Down Camp Branch Hollow, Blair Mountain, Logan Co., W. Va.

Photograph taken of the west side of Blair Mountain from fire tower l.

10. View From Fire Tower L, West, Blair Mountain, Logan Co., W. Va.

Photograph taken of the southeast side of the mountain from fire tower l.

11. View From Fire Tower LSE, Blair Mountain; Logan Co., W. Va.

Building where rebelling miners kept supplies during the Battle of Blair Mountain.

12. Blair Mountain; North Elevation; Mine Supply House; Ethel Hollow; Logan Co., W. Va.

Place for mine company workers to store items.

13. Company Store Vault, Ethel Hollow, Blair Mountain, Logan Co., W. Va.

Area where miners, on hijacked trains would pass through during the Battle of Blair Mountain.

14. Blair Mountain; Former Train Switch, Jeffery; Logan Co., W. Va.

House owned by the Ethel Mining Company which was involved in the Battle of Blair Mountain.

15. Blair Mountain; Ethel Company House; Ethel Hollow; Logan Co., W. Va.

Area of the mountain where the battle occurred.

16. Blair Mountain; Mouth of Bill Smith Hollow; Looking Northeast; Logan Co., W. Va.

Area where the battle between coal miners and the coal companies took place in 1920 over the unionization of the miners.

17. Switch Back, West of Blair Mountain Crest; Looking Towards George's Creek; Logan Co., W. Va.

Area on Blair Mountain where the battle between coal miners and the coal companies took place in 1920 over the unionization of the miners.

18. Blair Mountain; Mouth of Bill Smith Hollow; Looking West; Logan Co., W. Va.

Mine entrance where the revolting miners would have worked.

19. Blair Mountain; Slope Mine Opening; Ethel Hollow; Logan Co., W. Va.

20. Blair Mountain; Sanders Farmhouse; Mouth of Sycamore Hollow; Logan Co., W. Va.

21. Blair Mountain; Stone Church, Opposite Mouth of Camp Branch Hollow; Logan Co., W. Va.

Area where the battle between coal miners and the coal companies took place in 1920 over the unionization of the miners.

22. Blair Mountain; Mouth of Bill Smith Hollow; Looking East; Logan Co., W. Va.

Place where mine cars would be tipped and emptied of their coal.

23. Tipple Near Boone-Logan County Line, Hewett Road, Blair Mountain, W. Va.

Part of a mining operation.

24. DAL-TEX Tipple, Near Monclo, Blair Mountain, W. Va.

On the right: surface mining operation.

25. DAL-TEX Surface Mining Operation; Left Fork of Beech Creek, Blair Mountain, W. Va.

26. DAL-TEX Surface Mining Operation; Left Fork of Beech Creek, Blair Mountain, W. Va.

Tops of the mountains in the distance have been removed.

27. Blair Mountain; DAL-TEX Mountain Top Removal System; Beech Creek; Logan Co., W. Va.

28. DAL-TEX Mountain Top Removal System; Beech Creek; Logan County, W. Va.

Old Smith and Wesson likely from the Battle of Blair Mountain.

29. Semi Automatic Smith and Wesson, Blair Mountain, Logan Co., W. Va.

Casings and button were likely left from the Battle of Blair Mountain.

30. Shell Casings and Button Found at Whites Trace Branch, Logan County, W. Va.

Marker reads: "Blair Mtn. Fire Tower Site Of Miners Battle Blair Mtn. Aug. 1921".

31. Historic Marker at Blair Mountain Gap, Logan Co., W. Va.

Northwest exterior view of a ca. 1914 structure built by Italian masons for the Dingess-Rum Coal Company.

32. Stone Mine Supply House; Ethel Hollow at Blair Mountain, W. Va.

North facade of the structure built in 1914.

33. Stone Mine Supply House; Ethel Hollow, Blair Mountain, Logan Co., W. Va.

34. Company House, Ethel Hollow, Blair Mountain, Logan Co., W. Va.

35. Stone Mine Supply House, Ethel Hollow, Blair Mountain, W. Va.

Area where the battle between coal miners and the coal companies took place in 1920 over the unionization of the miners.

36. Ethel Hollow at Blair Mountain, Logan Co., W. Va.

Remains of what was once the Blair school house occupied during the Battle of Blair Mountain.

37. Blair School House; Blair, Logan County, W. Va.

Remains of what was once the Blair school house. The structure was used as a meeting place during the Battle of Mountain.

38. Blair School House; Blair, Logan County, W. Va.

West personnel entrance (interior). The structure was used as a staging area for defensive forces in the Battle of Blair Mountain.

39. Stone Mine Supply House; Ethel Hollow; Logan Co., W. Va.

Interior of stone mine supply house at Blair Mountain

40. Stone Mine Supply House, Ethel Hollow in Logan Co., W. Va.

Interior of stone mine supply house. Used as a staging area for company guards and other defense forces during the Battle of Blair Mountain.

41. Stone Mine Supply House, Ethel Hollow in Logan Co., W. Va.

Interior of a structure used during the Battle of Blair Mountain. Soon after this photograph was taken the building was razed.

42. Stone Mine Supply House, Ethel Hollow in Logan Co., W. Va.

Southwest exterior of structure used during the Battle of Blair Mountain.

43. Stone Mine Supply House, Ethel Hollow in Logan Co., W. Va.

Area where the battle between coal miners and the coal companies took place in 1920 over the unionization of the miners.

44. Looking Up Right Fork of Crooked Creek at Blair Mountain, Logan Co., W. Va.

Structure used during the Battle of Blair Mountain.

45. Stone Mine Supply House, Ethel Hollow in Logan Co., W. Va.

A miner was paid with company script or money, good only in company owned businesses. Script collection belongs to Bill Long.

46. Coal Company's Script, Logan Co., W. Va.

How a miner was paid. Script collection belongs to Bill Long.

47. Coal Company's Script, Logan Co., W. Va.

Fortification for those fighting in the Battle of Blair Mountain.

48. Fox Holes at North Crest, Blair Mountain, Logan Co., W. Va.

Bullet shells that remain from the Battle of Blair Mountain.

49. Shells Found In Fox Holes, North Crest, Blair Mountain, Logan Co., W. Va.

Unidentified man stands outside of the W.L. Elkins Restaurant.

50. W. Lloyd Elkins Restaurant, Blair, W. Va.