McDowell County

After leaving the New River area, we drove through the dark to the Elkhorn Inn in Landgraff, West Virginia. Landgraff is in McDowell County in the southeast corner of the state. My fascination of coal and railroads made this ideal place… 3.2k SHARES Share ItTweet This GooglePinterestStumbleupon

1905 Welch WV McDowell County

Ronald Bailey traveled back to his familial home to find out what went wrong in Appalachia.

After leaving the New River area, we drove through the dark to the Elkhorn Inn in Landgraff, West Virginia. Landgraff is in McDowell County in the southeast corner of the state. My fascination of coal and railroads made this ideal place… 3.2k SHARES Share ItTweet This GooglePinterestStumbleupon

Northfork, WV, ca. 1925. Originally pinned by W Rivers onto McDowell County, West Virginia.

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