1955 Map of Keokee

About this map

Keokee sits along the southern base of Black Mountain, marking a landscape defined by the heavy extraction and transport of the Appalachian coalfields. The intersection of the Southern and the Louisville and Nashville railroads demonstrates the industrial importance of this corridor, where branch lines snake through hollows such as Colliers Cove and Garrison Hollow. The map reveals a dense network of local landmarks, including the Robbins Chapel School and numerous house of worship like Ely Memorial Church and Wills Chapel, which served the mining communities of Darnell Town, Rawhide, and Calvin. South of Stone Mountain, the Trail of the Lonesome Pine follows the path through Poor Valley, connecting the northern mining districts to the agricultural landscape of Dryden and Wallen Ridge.