1914 Map of Pound

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Pine Mountain anchors this 1914 survey, serving as the high natural boundary line between Kentucky and Virginia. The region is defined by a dense network of mountain gaps and steep hollows that dictated the early settlement patterns of the Central Appalachian coalfields. Key mining and railroad towns like Jenkins, McRoberts, and Dunham appear during a period of rapid industrial expansion, linked by the Nashville and Chattanooga RR.