This will be a massively long blog. I have found the first Acorn published from the “new building” of Oak Hill High School (Fayette County,
Tag: Fayette
Shirley Donnelly: Hotels of Note
This Saturday with Shirley, he takes us through the years to a time when Hotel Hill was in Oak Hill (Fayette County), West Virginia and
WV: Oscar Alphonso Veazey, First WV Inspector of Mines (1883)
Sometimes I come across an individual while doing research because that person is indirectly tied to what I am reading about. On occasion, I will
WV: Bull Moose Special / Mine Wars(1913)
The Bull Moose Special was an armored train deployed by the coal operators during the Paint Creek-Cabin Creek Strike of 1912–14. The train’s name derived from the
WV: Hawk’s Nest Tunnel Tragedy
The Hawk’s Nest Tunnel was a tragedy beyond comparison. In this blog, I put together information, photos and forty different newspaper clippings from the archives.
Fayette County: Carlisle Mine Disaster (1915)
Fayette JournalFebruary 11, 1915 Death Claims Twenty at Carlisle In Gas Explosion at New River Company’s Mine Saturday Morning One Hundred And Fifty-Three Come Out
Thoughts and Ponderances 