The Things A Coal Miner Leaves Behind
My grandfather, Paris Mitchem, was a McDowell County coal miner. Born in 1902 and passed in March 1979, these are the documents he left behind.
My grandfather, Paris Mitchem, was a McDowell County coal miner. Born in 1902 and passed in March 1979, these are the documents he left behind.
How a kid from Wyoming County took a form of art not common in the hills of West Virginia and made it his own.
What we found when we explored one of the county's empty churches, the old Mt. Zion AME Church, in Eckman.
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