Early Life and Times along Paint Creek

This kiosk is dedicated to the thousands of people who once called Paint Creek their home. Here are some images of different people and places along Paint Creek during the first half of the 20th century. During coal's heyday, the towns were located one after another up the stream. There are only a few towns remaining and most of the area has returned to wilderness. As you travel along Paint Creek you will be able to see the natural beauty of the area and imagine what life would have been like living in those earlier times.

(photo captions, clockwise from the center)

• Willis Branch Coal Company
• The Paint Creek Coal Mining Co., Standard W.Va.
• (uncaptioned photo of two miners and small boy)
• Kidd family. Pictured here are the six sons of the late Wesley and Anna McDaniel Kidd, all from Standard in Kanawha County. The photograph was taken in 1946 when the last son returned home. From Left, they are (kneeling) Wesley Kidd Jr., Navy; Fred Alfred Kidd, Air Force; Mark Edgar Kidd, Marines; (standing) Howard Clifford Kidd, Air Force; Charles Edwin Kidd, Army; and Frank James Kidd, Army.
• George Washington Maynor, Seventh West Virginia Cavalry
• Swinging Bridge at Greencastle
• Paint Creek "Ole Swimming Hole"
• Kingston Choir 1947-48
• Tomsburg 1905
• Pax
• Kingston
  
  
  
  1920's

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