Development of a 21st Century Coal Community: Can the identification and promotion of North Central West Virginia Coal

Heritage Sites provide economic stimulus within communities of North Central West Virginia by utilizing 21st Century technologies to accent

heritage tourism?

Graduate Student: Jane Gilchrist Undergraduate Students: Susan Carleton, Christy Collins, Jaimie Turner, Joanna Ross

FOLK 4401 Faculty Advisors: Dr. Judy P. Byers, Mr. Noel W. Tenney

Coverage area of the WMMN signal in the late 1960s

11-14

www.nacmha.org

Coal Country Miniature Golf

www.facebook.com/nacmha

Bramwell, WV

Rivesville

Rivesville Power Plant

Westinghouse Electric Company

Rivesville Power Plant – Present Day

Rivesvillle

Everettville

Everetteville Miners Memorial

“The mines had a way of bringing people together; it was a melting pot. You’d go down in the mine together and come out of the mine together…” George Yost

Son of a Coal Miner

www.wveha.org

Morgantown, WV

www.forestry.wvu.edu

Grant Town

Federal No. 1 Mine – Grant Town

Koppers Coal Company Store

www.youtube.com/thewvnetwork

Koppers Coal Company Store – Present Day

Fairview

Loveridge Mine No. 22

2013 Pumpkin Festival

Monongah

1907 Monongah Mining Disaster

Charles Lee, Monongah, WV

Monongah Mine Portals

Blumberg Building

www.facebook.com/Blumberg1910

Carolina

Carolina Coal Camp

Carolina Mine, Double Bricked Walls for 1 Mile

Frank Books (2nd from left)

Carolina Company Store Interior

www.pinterest.com/trudylemley

Marion County Convention and

Visitors Bureau App.

Puts all of Marion County’s best offers at

your fingertips.

www.facebook.com/FSUATP2013

There were more

than 300

attendees at the

Swap Meet,

including the

infamous, Mother

Jones

This project would not have been possible without the support of many individuals and organizations. A special Thank You is owed to the Appalachian Regional Commission, Fairmont State University, The Frank & Jane Gabor WV Folklife Center, and our Community Partners.

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