1902 Map of Fairmont

About this map

The Monongahela River forms at the confluence of the West Fork River and Tygart River near Fairmont, anchoring a landscape defined by heavy industrial growth at the start of the twentieth century. This 1901 survey documents a region transitioning through the extraction of natural resources, centered on the Tyrconnell Mines and numerous mining settlements like Monongah, Everson, and Watson. Transport infrastructure is critical to this development, with the Baltimore and Ohio RR and the Grafton and Belington Branch following the river valleys to move coal and goods. While new industry takes hold, older modes of travel like the Morgantown Ferry and Bontons Ferry still cross the waters, and historic routes such as the Northwestern Turnpike and Beverly Turnpike connect rural outposts like Boothsville and Hebron Church.