Southern West Virginia:: Coal Country

by James E. Casto

Book Overview

The history of West Virginia is the story of coal and the people whose lives are forever changed by it.

Coal was mined in Southern West Virginia even before the state's birth in 1863 but was mostly consumed within a few miles of where it was dug. When the railroads arrived on the scene, they not only provided a means of getting that coal to market, they also brought in trainloads of workers to the sparsely populated region. With...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738516651
• ISBN13: 9780738516653
• Release Date: August 2004
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.5" x 9.4"