
The Cheat River carves a deep valley through this Preston County landscape, serving as a corridor for the Baltimore and Ohio railroad and the National Guard Camp Dawson. In the mid-20th century, the area around the county seat of Kingwood reflects a transition between established ridge-top settlements and the expanding reach of extractive industry. Numerous labels for Strip Mines and several quarries indicate the intensive resource gathering that defined the local economy during this era.
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1907 Kingwood
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1925 Kingwood
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1960 Kingwood
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1981 Kingwood
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1997 Kingwood
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2011 Kingwood
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2014 Kingwood
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2016 Kingwood
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2019 Kingwood
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2023 Kingwood
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