1967 Map of Mc Graws

About this map

Coal and timber interests define the landscape of Wyoming County in the late 1960s, where the Norfolk and Western railway threads through the narrow valleys of Slab Fork and Marsh Fork. The community of Glen Rogers stands as a primary hub, complete with its Glen Rogers High Sch and industrial infrastructure like a large substation and mine dumps. This era shows a transition in land use, as the northern portion of Twin Falls State Park appears alongside active extractive operations, including various strip mines and a mine tipple. The rugged terrain is punctuated by significant gaps such as Skinned Poplar Gap and Wolf Gap, which dictated the placement of early mountain roads. For genealogists, the map preserves the locations of several rural congregations, including Pinegrove Ch and Friendship Ch, as well as numerous family-named landmarks like Wallis Branch and Oliver Branch.