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This town was Virginia's first coal boom town. There are very few Americans who have not been touched by the far reaching influence of the Pocahontas Fuel Company. The coal extracted by Pocahontas Fuel served nearly 1/2 of the country. The numerous mines once employed nearly 100,000 people and it was all headquartered here in this small town in the mountains. Many awesome historic buildings and sites in this town face demolition by neglect unless something changes.

The centerpiece of this wonderful 1800s Victorian town, The Company Store, fell to the ground just one week before we made this video and the town has until October 31 2007 to either raise the money to rebuild it or it will be scraped from the Earth forever.

Contact information for the town is provided on dantraveling.com