1932 Map of Eccles

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The rugged coal-bearing country of Raleigh County, West Virginia, is defined by the steep ridges of Coal River Mountain and Guyandot Mountain in this 1932 edition. This survey reveals a dense network of isolated mountain schools and rural settlements established before modern consolidation, including McKinley School, Today Fork School, and the community of Glen Daniel. The landscape is carved by the deep valleys of the Marsh Fork and Clear Fork of the Coal River, where the Chesapeake And Ohio and Virginian railroads snake through the terrain to serve mining towns like Eccles and Pax. This era of the Southern West Virginia coalfields is captured in detail, showing a way of life centered on small company towns, local fords, and numerous family-named knobs such as Squealer Knob and Ivy Knob.