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Pocahontas Wv
Pocahontas is a town in Tazewell County, Virginia, United States. It was named for Chief Powhatan's daughter, Pocahontas who lived in the 17th Century Jamestown Settlement. The population was 389 at the 2010 census
Pocahontas was the location of the start of this region's coal boom with a spur line that launched the Norfolk and Western Railroad (now Norfolk Southern) into national prominence during the 1880s. The large two-state coal region bears the town's name
A horrible explosion in one of the mines killed 114 miners. It is said that the numbers are probably much higher since many miners brought their children with them to work in the mines. A miner's widow had 6 weeks to either vacate the coal company home she lived in or marry another miner!
Empty old hotel etched in top is M russak the original owner
Silver Dollar Saloon/Cricket built in 1884
All buildings on the opposite side of W. St. Claire St. are standing including the 1895 Opera House which ran many first rate Broadway Shows in addition to Opera. Beneath it was City Hall. The peak of the building reads "City Hall 1895"
Pocohontas company store
Pocahontas Company Store built in 1893. The town was hoping to renovate it but it unexpectedly collapsed in April 2007
The company store opened in 1883. It was owned by the Pocahontas Fuel Company which owned the coal mines and this was the first store that the Company ever built.The town's miners shopped here with their script, only good at the company store, with which they were paid for their work in the mines.
Consol took over Pocahontas Fuel in 1958 and kept the store open until 1980.
Free Mason Church
Abandoned school in pocahontas wv
