1963 Map of Logan

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The Guyandotte River winds through the heart of the southern West Virginia coalfields in this early 1960s study, where industrial infrastructure and narrow valley settlements follow the water. The Chesapeake and Ohio railroad tracks parallel the river's bend, servicing a dense corridor of company towns and coal camps including Omar, Switzer, and Dehue. The topography is dominated by steep ridges like Rattlesnake Knob, leaving little room for development except along the narrow floodplains and hollows like Dingess Run and Ethel Hollow.