1913 Map of Logan

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Guyandot River serves as the central artery for this coal-country landscape in the years before the Great War. The Chesapeake and Ohio railroad follows the river's winding path through the Logan district, connecting a series of narrow valleys where early 20th-century industry began to take root. Settlements like Pecks Mill, Peach Creek, and McConnell are positioned at critical junctions between the water and the steep terrain, while further inland, the mapping of Dingess Run and Rum Creek reveals the dense network of tributaries that defined local access. This survey, supervised by state geologist I.C. White, details the topographical isolation of places like Clothier and Sharples along the Boone County and Logan County line, capturing the region's character just as the extractive economy was transforming the Appalachian backcountry into a bustling industrial corridor.