Virginia's First Coal Town - DanTraveling

Why dont you cross the state line into West Virginia! are you affraid? Look at Bramwell WV... 2 miles away! Thats history. yeah Poci is great blah blah blah, but 2 miles away lies the greatest story of heritage, history and hard work, West Virginia! #1... This country owes my state a debt of gratitude! And in true WV style... we dont like your kind around here! Go home.

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What rail line brought out the coal? My granddaddy was the chief dispatcher of the Carolina Clinchfield and Ohio RR which ran from South Carolina to Virginia with HQ in Erwin TN..was it the CC and O?
Tom in Utica NY

(From Wiki) In 1885, several small mining companies representing about 400,000 acres (1,600 km²) of bituminous coal reserves grouped together to form the coalfields' largest landowner, the Philadelphia-based Flat-Top Coal Land Association. Norfolk and Western Railway bought the Association and reorganized it as the Pocahontas Coal and Coke Co., which it later renamed Pocahontas Land Corp, now a subsidiary of Norfolk Southern.

I almost forgot, Thanks Tom for the nice comment. The Little River Railroad Museum has some great history of rail in Townsend Tennessee.. Mostly Logging, but still cool.

My Uncle Rand Wagner managed the Company store in the 50's and 60's until he died. My Aunt Gerry lived in thehouse on the corver of Jockey and St Clair until her death in the mid 90's.

I wish they would restore the whole town and bring jobs to the locals.

We use to go from Roanoke to Pocahontas in the 1940;s and 50s to get truck loads of coal for $3.25 a load.
Went back to Pocahontas on vacation 4 years ago and all of the houses on the hill except 2 were burn or rotted down. It was really depressing and a shame. The town people there are the nicest you will ever meet. They do have a very aggresive police force running radar there. I guess it the way they support their town ( no I did not get stopped).

Thanks Rockkker, I am working on getting subtitle, hopefully we can get it on the air in VA sometime.. Thanks again

The tourguide's name is Amy at the mine. Everyone who goes to see the mine should drive three miles up the road to Bramwell and go see the mansions (which are still well kept).

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