This blog was to have been sent last week but I had to go back over to Thurmond to get some additional information on several of the buildings.
Here we are back in West Virginia after a brief stay at home and a conference at White Oak. What a miserable trip on Saturday as we left White Oak in the rain and drove the whole distance in sometimes a heavy rain and fog especially in the mountains. I-77 was loaded with traffic in which many were waving their banner for Virginia Tec. and others for Miami, We also encountered many rocks in the road from Princeton to Meadow Bridge, there was a car that apparently hit right outside Hinton.
Church attendance was down Sunday I guess because of the rain; you know the old saying that rain will keep the Baptist away. Not really they don’t need an excuse, just got other priorities.
Monday a group of me came over from Lexington, Ky. to complete installing the fence they started week before last. I worked with them all day and no one had to rock me to sleep,
Some have been want some pictures and I will share a few today of places that we have visited since our being here.
Thurmond, WV
A must for all to see, the year was 1873 and the completion of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad mainline. It was also the year that Captain W. D. Thurmond acquired 73 acres along the railroad a strategic for developing a town. A town without a Main Street, but had a prosperous block of businesses.
The dates on the pictures are incorrect as I did not have the date set.
The remains of the business section, note there is no road between the railroad tracks and the buildings. It was used for walking only, there is only one road that goes from the depot circling on the hill and ending about 200 yards past the last building you see in the picture above.
Thurmond Union Church, this church has been closed for years, no one knows when. The message on the sign board reads, "if you can't stop, smile."
Restored in 1995 by the National Park Service for use as a visitor center, rebuilt to its early 1900s look, gives you a glimpse of Thurmond’s lively days. It remains a flag stop for Amtrak passenger trains. Seventy-five thousand passengers passed through Thurmond in 1910, delighted in all it had to offer.
Road from Glen Jean completed in 1921, only way in and out by road.
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Fitzgerald & Company built a commissary to provide supplies to the hundreds of railroad workers in Thurmond in the 30’s. It later became the U.S. Post Office after fire destroyed the Lafayette Hotel and the town post office. In the late 1900’s, it housed the last business in Thurmond – Thurmond Supply.
Coaling tower, tracks ran underneath the coaling station to allow much as 500 tons of coal to drop down via chutes into the coal tenders of the engines. The tower was abandoned in 1960 by CSX.
This building is a restored boarding house which was used for railroad workers.
Here we are back in West Virginia after a brief stay at home and a conference at White Oak. What a miserable trip on Saturday as we left White Oak in the rain and drove the whole distance in sometimes a heavy rain and fog especially in the mountains. I-77 was loaded with traffic in which many were waving their banner for Virginia Tec. and others for Miami, We also encountered many rocks in the road from Princeton to Meadow Bridge, there was a car that apparently hit right outside Hinton.
Church attendance was down Sunday I guess because of the rain; you know the old saying that rain will keep the Baptist away. Not really they don’t need an excuse, just got other priorities.
Monday a group of me came over from Lexington, Ky. to complete installing the fence they started week before last. I worked with them all day and no one had to rock me to sleep,
Some have been want some pictures and I will share a few today of places that we have visited since our being here.
Thurmond, WV
A must for all to see, the year was 1873 and the completion of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad mainline. It was also the year that Captain W. D. Thurmond acquired 73 acres along the railroad a strategic for developing a town. A town without a Main Street, but had a prosperous block of businesses.
The dates on the pictures are incorrect as I did not have the date set.
The remains of the business section, note there is no road between the railroad tracks and the buildings. It was used for walking only, there is only one road that goes from the depot circling on the hill and ending about 200 yards past the last building you see in the picture above.
Thurmond Union Church, this church has been closed for years, no one knows when. The message on the sign board reads, "if you can't stop, smile."
Restored in 1995 by the National Park Service for use as a visitor center, rebuilt to its early 1900s look, gives you a glimpse of Thurmond’s lively days. It remains a flag stop for Amtrak passenger trains. Seventy-five thousand passengers passed through Thurmond in 1910, delighted in all it had to offer.
Road from Glen Jean completed in 1921, only way in and out by road.
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Fitzgerald & Company built a commissary to provide supplies to the hundreds of railroad workers in Thurmond in the 30’s. It later became the U.S. Post Office after fire destroyed the Lafayette Hotel and the town post office. In the late 1900’s, it housed the last business in Thurmond – Thurmond Supply.
Coaling tower, tracks ran underneath the coaling station to allow much as 500 tons of coal to drop down via chutes into the coal tenders of the engines. The tower was abandoned in 1960 by CSX.
This building is a restored boarding house which was used for railroad workers.
I will be going back to the area hopefully Thursday to visit McKinley Rock and the Kaymon Mine, it's a three mile walk down an old abandoned train track to get here. Will post pictures on another blog.
We will also be heading home on Sunday October the 11th will give a full report when we arrive home.
