West Virginia coal operators built small, company-owned towns for their miners to live in. The coal towns were almost always unincorporated; there were no elected officials, no independent police ...

Coal companies established towns and imposed ... in Charleston, West Virginia in 1912. To recalcitrant miners she added, "You ought to be ashamed of yourselves... to see one old woman who is ...

WILLIAMSON, WV (WOWK) – If you travel to the town ... Coal House began as an idea from O.W. Evans, the general superintendent ...

A group of West Virginia miners have become a beacon of hope in the eyes of some Bat Cave families who have felt the impact of their presence in their leveled town. According to reports ...

The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia ...