Mossy

Mossy (HMN0J)

Location: Scarbro, WV 25917 Fayette County
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Country: United States of America
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N 37° 58.535', W 81° 17.005'

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Paint Creek Scenic Trail

— Raleigh, Fayette, & Kanawha Counties, WV —

1913-Union organizer Mary "Mother" Jones imprisoned in Pratt.

1913-Approximate location of the striking miners tent colony that was fired on by mine guards wielding a machine gun mounted on the "Bull Moose" special train

1919-7 miners are killed in an explosion of the Weirwood Coal Mine.

1920-Striking miners terrorize Willis Branch with gunfire and destroy the mining complex with dynamite.

1989-Striking miners bombed the coal mine at Milburn, WV.

1990's-The last company store operating in West Virginia was the Imperial Collieries Store in Burwell.

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Paint Creek Origin

It's unique name has a history of its own. Records show the name Paint Creek goes back as far as 1774, named after the many painted pictographs on trees found on its banks. The creek was use as a thoroughfare for travel between eastern settlements by numerous American Indian tribes. Using the pictographs, they passed along information on war, hunting, and settlements.
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HM NumberHMN0J
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Placed ByPaint Creek Scenic Trail
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Date Added Tuesday, September 30th, 2014 at 5:56am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)17S E 475108 N 4203143
Decimal Degrees37.97558333, -81.28341667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 37° 58.535', W 81° 17.005'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds37° 58' 32.10" N, 81° 17' 0.30" W
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Area Code(s)304
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 44 Okey L Patteson Rd, Scarbro WV 25917, US
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