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Sorry for the lack of posts lately! We’ll get back to posting on a more constant basis starting in 2012. For more up to date discussion about Blair Mountain’s history and upcoming events,… more →
Blair Mountain Reenactment Society
Greed and Destruction in the Mountains
wrote 1 month ago: Matewan, population 459, sits at the convergence of two chocolate covered rivers. The Tug Fork Rive … more →
Saro Lynch-Thomason's New Project Remembers America's Largest Labor Uprising
wrote 1 month ago: By Niki King This February, I had the honor of seeing Saro Lynch-Thomason, an Appalachian activist a … more →
FOCers Sponsor High School Football Championship!!!
wrote 6 months ago: December 08, 2012 @ 12:00 AM Posted by Robin Blakeman on facebook. The Huntington Herald-Dispatch I … more →
Appeal filed over Blair Mountain strip mining in W.Va.
wrote 6 months ago: A coalition of historic preservation, labor history and environmental protection groups filed a lega … more →
Lighting up Highland Park!
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wrote 6 months ago: The news is breaking: Highland Park has a solar-powered streetlight. On Thanksgiving, we gathered to … more →
Why Adkins Fork on Blair Mountin is important historically
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Tell the WV Dept. of Environmental Protection: Save Blair Mountain.
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wrote 7 months ago: Historic Blair Mountain, the site of one of the largest labor uprisings in U.S. history, in 1921, is … more →
Big Coal Wins Latest Battle to Blast Historic Blair Mountain
wrote 8 months ago: Is nothing sacred to coal companies in Appalachia? In a jaw-dropping display of contempt and disrega … more →
Labor: What Side Are You On?
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wrote 9 months ago: “You might be a redneck…” is the now-classic opening joke line for rural America. The true historic … more →
August 31, 1921
wrote 9 months ago: The Battle of Blair Mountain in southern West Virginia is underway between upwards of 7,000 coal min … more →
LET'S GO MOUNTAINEERS!
wrote 12 months ago: This is NOT a rallying cry for the sports teams of my school, West Virginia University. It IS a rall … more →
Blair Mountain, West Virginia
wrote 1 year ago: Dear Child, This morning I woke and felt them probing inside. A man with dynamite wandered through … more →
What year were U S citizens bombed?
wrote 1 year ago: In 1921 during the Blair Mountain riots the U. S Federal government used air power against its own c … more →
Greed and Death in the Mountains (Part IV)
wrote 1 year ago: The sun rose on August 24 with about 5000 miners crossing Lens Creek Mountain. Wearing red bandanas … more →
Greed and Death in the Mountains (Part III)
wrote 1 year ago: Frank Keeney was born March 15, 1882 on Cabin Creek in Kanawha County, WV. He went into the mines as … more →
Greed and Death in the Mountains (Part II)
wrote 1 year ago: It was a busy year for Sid Hatfield. Following the Matewan Massacre a lot happened. He and Mayor Tes … more →
Local and National Groups Rally to Townspeople’s Defense
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wrote 1 year ago: Residents of Blair, West Virginia have noticed increased activity from mining company Arch Coal arou … more →
Blair Mountain Protest Comes to Creve Coeur
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wrote 1 year ago: CREVE COEUR, MO (KMOX) - About 50 protesters stood outside One City Place, the headquarters of Arch … more →
Emergency call to Save Blair Mountain ...Amanda Starbuck, Rainforest Action Network
wrote 1 year ago: Tell Arch Coal To Stop Mining Blair Mountain Mountaintop removal coal mining is destroying the mou … more →
