Download or read book The Heritage of McDowell County West Virginia written by Thomas C. Hatcher and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book McDowell County written by William R. Archer and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: McDowell County was established by an act of the Virginia General Assembly in 1858, two years before the start of the American Civil War. In 1863, the county was one of the 55 that separated from the Old Dominion to form West Virginia, thus earning the nickname "the Free State." Long before this, though, McDowell County was known for its bountiful natural resources; a great geologist, Dr. Thomas Walker, touted these vast "coal lands" after his 1748-1750 exploration. Political leaders like Thomas Jefferson, who knew of the county's mineral wealth, steered Robert Morris, financier of the American Revolution, to obtain all of McDowell County in the land speculation boom of the mid-1790s. After Morris was sent to debtor's prison in 1799, however, his land holdings were acquired by Michael Bouvier, a cabinet maker. In the 1920s, the remains of Bouvier's holdings were purchased by Henry Ford, the automobile tycoon. Other famous personalities associated with McDowell County include J.P. Morgan and Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson.

Download or read book McDowell County History written by Daughters of the American Revolution. West Virginia. Colonel Andrew Donnally Chapter, Welch and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book McDowell County Coal and Rail written by Jay Chatman and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2014 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 200 fascinating postcard images show early coal mining in McDowell County and how it progressed throughout the years. Coal was discovered in McDowell County, located in the Billion Dollar Coalfield of southern West Virginia, in 1748, but it was not explored or mined until the early 1800s. Mill Creek Coal & Coke Company shipped the first railroad car of coal in March 1883 via the Norfolk & Western Railway. By the early 1900s, hundreds of mining companies dotted the county's landscape. The coal from McDowell County fueled the nation's home heating and steelmaking businesses and both world wars. As the coal industry developed, the local population grew; by 1950, the county had grown from a few hundred people to more than 100,000. .

Download or read book McDowell County written by William R. Bill Archer and published by Arcadia Library Editions. This book was released on 2005-06-01 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: McDowell County was established by an act of the Virginia General Assembly in 1858, two years before the start of the American Civil War. In 1863, the county was one of the 55 that separated from the Old Dominion to form West Virginia, thus earning the nickname "the Free State." Long before this, though, McDowell County was known for its bountiful natural resources; a great geologist, Dr. Thomas Walker, touted these vast "coal lands" after his 1748-1750 exploration. Political leaders like Thomas Jefferson, who knew of the county's mineral wealth, steered Robert Morris, financier of the American Revolution, to obtain all of McDowell County in the land speculation boom of the mid-1790s. After Morris was sent to debtor's prison in 1799, however, his land holdings were acquired by Michael Bouvier, a cabinet maker. In the 1920s, the remains of Bouvier's holdings were purchased by Henry Ford, the automobile tycoon. Other famous personalities associated with McDowell County include J.P. Morgan and Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson.

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Download or read book McDowell County West Virginia 1860 Census written by Jeffrey C. Weaver and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book McDowell County West Virginia Families 1860 written by Oscar Thomas Atkins and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Taken in part from the federal census of McDowell County, Virginia (now West Virginia), for 1860, ... and from tax lists, from other census records, marriage records, and from the library and files of the compiler."--T.p.

Download or read book From the Mountaintops to the Valleys of Jolo McDowell County West Virginia written by Henry Riffe and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2009-08-14 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Memories of a childhood spent in the declining Appalachia of West Virginia from about 1940-1970.

Download or read book Gary Hollow written by Alex P. Schust and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gary Hollow is a social and mining history of what was at one time the largest coal operation in the world. Gary Hollow is located in McDowell County West Virginia. The book takes the reader from the time Shawnee Indians were taking captives down the Tug Fork River (1750) until United States Steel closed its mines in 1986. The book covers how the coal company's built the mines, schools, medical facilities, houses, roads, recreation facilities and other parts of the communities. It also discusses the roles immigrants had in developing the social community.