![Graphic courtesy of McDowell County's information pages; McDowell County, West Virginia Map; [click on image to visit McDowell County's info pages.]](map01.gif)
"McDowell County was formed in 1858 from part of Tazewell, VA. It derived it's name from the governor of Virginia in 1843, James McDowell. Almost 150 years ago, the area was considered extremely inaccessible, and although the rails and roads improved this condition, it is still sparsely populated. Welch, the county seat, is the largest city in McDowell, with the population of just over 3,000. It is magnificently timbered and today still appears to have coal deposits under the mountainous acres of land in the county."[Photo courtesy of McDowell County pages located at http://www.mcdowellwv.com/-- Click on the map to visit McDowell information pages.]
- McDowell County Photo Album
- West Virginia GenWeb Project
"The WVGenWeb Project went online on June 22, 1996 and has come a long way in a short time. This is not a commercial project, but the work of many volunteers who have and are devoting their free time to helping put genealogical information on the web."
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
"Serving Southern West Virginia and Southwestern Virginia since 1893"
Homer Hickman's Webpage
Homer Hickam is the author of many books including October Sky, The Coalwood Way, and Sky of Stone, his series of memoirs about his boyhood adventures growing up in the mining town of Coalwood, West Virginia. October Sky, which soared to the top of the best-seller lists, was made into the award-winning 1999 motion picture of the same name.
West Virginia Coal Mines
"Coal mines have had a definite impact on what West Virginia was and is today. It is a part of us, as it was a part of our ancestors. I beleive that in understanding what our ancestors went through, and how they lived will help us in understanding ourselves. I also beleive that this site has the potential to help others understand us better, whether they themselves have roots in WV or not."
Fatalities In WV's Coal Mines, 1883-1925
West Virginia - Wild & Wonderful
Southern West Virginia, Travel & Tourism Information
The 7th West Virginia Infantry
Coal Miner's Daughter
A personal webpage with genealogy and information about West Virginians.
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