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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.

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

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

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

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.
Blair Train Depot (on right) saw lots of use during the battle at Blair Mountain.

99. People Outside of Blair Train Depot, Blair, W. Va.

IDNO:
040738
Title:
People Outside of Blair Train Depot, Blair, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1920's
Description:
Blair Train Depot (on right) saw lots of use during the battle at Blair Mountain.
Identified in the photograph, sitting on the right are W.L. Elkins and Lloyd Elkins.

100. People Sitting on Bench in Town of Blair, W. Va.

IDNO:
040739
Title:
People Sitting on Bench in Town of Blair, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1920's
Description:
Identified in the photograph, sitting on the right are W.L. Elkins and Lloyd Elkins.
Unidentified man stands on the railroad track in Blair. Angry miners used these tracks to run hijacked trains loaded with thousands willing to fight in the Battle of Blair Mountain.

101. Railroad Track Through The Town of Blair, W. Va.

IDNO:
040740
Title:
Railroad Track Through The Town of Blair, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1920's
Description:
Unidentified man stands on the railroad track in Blair. Angry miners used these tracks to run hijacked trains loaded with thousands willing to fight in the Battle of Blair Mountain.
Hewitt Creek was the home to the miner's headquarters during the Battle for Blair Mountain. Homemade bombs were dropped near the headquarters by the defensive militia, missing their targets.

102. Schoolhouse at Hewitt Creek on Missouri Fork Near Blair Mountain, Logan County, W. Va.

IDNO:
040741
Title:
Schoolhouse at Hewitt Creek on Missouri Fork Near Blair Mountain, Logan County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1920's
Description:
Hewitt Creek was the home to the miner's headquarters during the Battle for Blair Mountain. Homemade bombs were dropped near the headquarters by the defensive militia, missing their targets.
Miners that were a part of the Battle for Blair Mountain imprisoned in Charleston, West Virginia.

103. Miners in Charleston Prison, Charleston, W. Va.

IDNO:
040742
Title:
Miners in Charleston Prison, Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1920's
Description:
Miners that were a part of the Battle for Blair Mountain imprisoned in Charleston, West Virginia.

104. People Gathered In Streets of Blair, W. Va.

IDNO:
040743
Title:
People Gathered In Streets of Blair, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1920's
Area where the battle between coal miners and the coal companies took place in 1920 over the unionization of the miners.

105. View of Blair Mountain From Firetower, Blair, W. Va.

IDNO:
040744
Title:
View of Blair Mountain From Firetower, Blair, W. Va.
Date:
1991/08
Description:
Area where the battle between coal miners and the coal companies took place in 1920 over the unionization of the miners.
A man sits on a chair in the lawn. In the background is a small pavilion. The stereograph is part of photographer William Dunnington's "Webster Springs Series."

106. Webster Springs Series, Webster Springs. W. Va.

IDNO:
052453
Title:
Webster Springs Series, Webster Springs. W. Va.
Date:
1909
Description:
A man sits on a chair in the lawn. In the background is a small pavilion. The stereograph is part of photographer William Dunnington's "Webster Springs Series."
Photograph shows the third floor fully engulfed in flames while the auditorium below has yet to catch fire.

107. Calhoun County High School Fire, Calhoun County, W. Va.

IDNO:
052454
Title:
Calhoun County High School Fire, Calhoun County, W. Va.
Date:
1942/02/21
Description:
Photograph shows the third floor fully engulfed in flames while the auditorium below has yet to catch fire.
View of the wreckage at the natural gas station. The explosion occurred on Thanksgiving Day that year. The station, originally proposed to be named "Boston-on-Kanawha," was, at the time, supposedly the world's largest carbon black factories.

108. Aftermath of Cabot Station Explosion and Fire, Grantsville, W. Va.

IDNO:
052455
Title:
Aftermath of Cabot Station Explosion and Fire, Grantsville, W. Va.
Date:
1945/11/22
Description:
View of the wreckage at the natural gas station. The explosion occurred on Thanksgiving Day that year. The station, originally proposed to be named "Boston-on-Kanawha," was, at the time, supposedly the world's largest carbon black factories.