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![["Thurmond is a former boom town on the New River in Fayette County, West Virginia. The town is on the National Register of Historic Places, is part of the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve, and is an Amtrak stop. In 1986, the John Sayles film Matewan was filmed in Thurmond. Learn more about Thurmond on the New River National Park and Preserve website: https://www.nps.gov/neri/learn/historyculture/thurmond.htmAnd via e-WV: https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/721"]%](/image/4224ThurmondPhoto0083916/0.jpg)
- Identifier:
- 4224.Thurmond.Photo.008.3.9.16
- Title:
- Thurmond coal tipple in black and white
- Date:
- 2016-03-09
- Creator:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- New River Gorge National River (W. Va.), Coal mines and mining, Railroads
- Location:
- Thurmond (W. Va.)
