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Language
English
Abstract
Transcribed oral histories taken by Paul Salstrom in 1988 from Ray and Mabel Elkins and Virgie Workman Farley. The oral histories
are comprised of: childhood reminiscences; genealogy of the Workman, White, and Elkins families; and the industries and occupations
of Lincoln, Logan, Wayne, and Mingo Counties, West Virginia, including farming, timbering, teaching, mining, police work,
and the introduction of a railroad into the area. There are also two typed statements, one by Jim Chojnacki and one by Julian
Martin, given at a public hearing held by the West Virginia Department of Energy in Lincoln County, West Virginia on June
28, 1988 regarding an application by Black Gold Coal Company and Mountain Black Diamond Coal Company to strip mine at Six
Mile Creek. Also includes a copy of handwritten notes on the case. There is one unidentified portrait photograph.
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Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Paul Salstrom, Interviewer, Oral Histories with Lincoln County Residents
And Other Material, A&M 3551, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West
Virginia.
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