Mine Wars – Battle of Blair Mountain
1921 Logan, WV union members marching onto the Island during the Battle of Blair Mountain. Courtesy of UMWA. Ref. Imaage 19210134.
1921 Logan, WV union members marching onto the Island during the Battle of Blair Mountain. Courtesy of UMWA. Ref. Imaage 19210134.
Troops leaving Logan, WV for Henlawson during the Battle of Blair Mountain. Mercy Hospital is on the right. Courtesy of Bill Lamont. Image 192145.
Troops leaving Logan, WV for Henlawson during the Battle of Blair Mountain. Mercy Hospital is on the right. Courtesy of Bill Lamont. Image 192145.
Sept. 3, 1921 troops detraining at Logan courtesy of Jack Browning. Ref. Image 861248.
Sept. 3, 1921 troops detraining at Logan courtesy of Jack Browning. Ref. Image 861248.
Photo of a machine gun nest at Blair after the Battle of Blair Mt.
Photo courtesy of Kenny King via Emmett Ray Adkins.
Photo courtesy of Kenny King via Emmett Ray Adkins.
Photo of a machine gun nest at Blair after the Battle of Blair Mt.
Photo courtesy of Kenny King via Emmett Ray Adkins.
Photo courtesy of Kenny King via Emmett Ray Adkins.
Photo showing the miners giving up their guns at Blair after the Battle of Blair Mt. This is where the Blair Baptist Church sits now. Photo courtesy of Kenny King via Emmett Ray Adkins.
Photo showing the miners giving up their guns at Blair after the Battle of Blair Mt. This is where the Blair Baptist Church sits now. Photo courtesy of Kenny King via Emmett Ray Adkins.
Miners at a machine gun nest at Blair after the Battle of Blair Mt.
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Photo courtesy of Kenny King via Emmett Ray Adkins.
Miners at a machine gun nest at Blair after the Battle of Blair Mt.
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Photo courtesy of Kenny King via Emmett Ray Adkins.
Photo taken at Blair after the Battle of Blair Mt. Photo courtesy of Kenny King via Emmett Ray Adkins.
Photo taken at Blair after the Battle of Blair Mt. Photo courtesy of Kenny King via Emmett Ray Adkins.
Miners at Blair giving up their guns at Blair after the Battle of Blair Mt.
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Photo courtesy of Kenny King via Emmett Ray Adkins.
Miners at Blair giving up their guns at Blair after the Battle of Blair Mt.
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Photo courtesy of Kenny King via Emmett Ray Adkins.
Miners at Blair giving up their guns at Blair after the Battle of Blair Mt.
Photo courtesy of Kenny King via Emmett Ray Adkins.
Photo courtesy of Kenny King via Emmett Ray Adkins.
Miners at Blair giving up their guns at Blair after the Battle of Blair Mt.
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Photo courtesy of Kenny King via Emmett Ray Adkins.
Miners at Blair giving up their guns at Blair after the Battle of Blair Mt.
Photo courtesy of Kenny King via Emmett Ray Adkins.
Photo courtesy of Kenny King via Emmett Ray Adkins.
Miners at Blair giving up their guns at Blair after the Battle of Blair Mt.
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Photo courtesy of Kenny King via Emmett Ray Adkins.
Old Miner from the Battle of Blair Mountain ... came to fight.
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Photo courtesy of Kenny King via Emmett Ray Adkins.
Old Miner from the Battle of Blair Mountain ... came to fight.
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Photo courtesy of Kenny King via Emmett Ray Adkins.
Logan Banner, Oct. 18, 1979, Logan Banner, Oct. 18, 1979, Blair Mountain Battle and other recollections - Dellus Pritchard. Clipping courtesy of Brandon Ray Kirk. Image 3458.
Logan Banner, Oct. 18, 1979, Logan Banner, Oct. 18, 1979, Blair Mountain Battle and other recollections - Dellus Pritchard. Clipping courtesy of Brandon Ray Kirk. Image 3458.
Troops camped at Blair during the Battle of Blair Mountain.
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Photo courtesy of Kenny King via Emmett Ray Adkins.
Troops camped at Blair during the Battle of Blair Mountain.
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Photo courtesy of Kenny King via Emmett Ray Adkins.
Outside the Aracoma Hotel during the Battle of Blair Mountain courtesy of Joe Adams.
Outside the Aracoma Hotel during the Battle of Blair Mountain courtesy of Joe Adams.
1921 Blattle of Blair Mountain Newspaper clipping
1921 Blattle of Blair Mountain Newspaper clipping
In August 1921 during the conflict of Blair Mountian, a military aircraft crashed into the home of K.F. Deskins in Logan County.
In August 1921 during the conflict of Blair Mountian, a military aircraft crashed into the home of K.F. Deskins in Logan County.
Downtown Logan during the Battle of Blair Mountain, from the collection Harriett Herald courtesy of her nephew, Dennis Herald.
Downtown Logan during the Battle of Blair Mountain, from the collection Harriett Herald courtesy of her nephew, Dennis Herald.
Army Supply Train in Logan, WV, September 1921. Photo courtesy of Brandon Ray Kirk.
Army Supply Train in Logan, WV, September 1921. Photo courtesy of Brandon Ray Kirk.
1920 postcard of Logan, WV Train Depot showing troops of 10th Infantry. Courtesy of J. B. Newberg.
1920 postcard of Logan, WV Train Depot showing troops of 10th Infantry. Courtesy of J. B. Newberg.