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Beckley, WV

Born May 26, 1802, Beckley was a graduate of West Point and served in the army 13 years before moving to present-day Raleigh County in 1836.

Beckley, WV

Alfred Beckley built a mill along Piney Creek (1838-1840) to spur economic growth on his wilderness landholdings.

Beckley, WV

The ancient fortification in a bend of Beaver Creek was first surveyed by Alfred Beckley in 1837.

Beckley, WV

Born February 11, 1904, in Beckley, Meadows, a lawyer, entered public service in 1930.

Lester, WV

Five miles west at Eccles, on April 28, 1914, a gas explosion in No. 5 Mine in the Beckley seam killed 174 miners; another nine died in...

Founded by the charitable Beckley Circle of King's Daughters, which in 1922 opened a temporary hospital downtown while a new facility was...

Fairdale, WV

Construction of the Logan Turnpike was authorized by the VA General Assembly on March 17, 1849.

Crab Orchard, WV

Established in 1927 by act of the Legislature to provide additional facilities for sufferers from tuberculosis.

Beckley, WV

Formed, 1850, from Fayette.

Beckley, WV

The county's first mine opened at Royal on the New River in 1891.

Formed, 1871, from Monroe, Fayette, Greenbrier, Mercer.

Formed, 1850, from Fayette.

Formed, 1850, from Fayette.

Amigo, WV

Formed, 1850, from Fayette.

Stotesbury, WV

From 1921-65 school served students from coal towns Hot Coal, Big Stick Woodbay, McAlpin, Stotesbury, Tams, Ury, Helen, Amigo, Sophia and...

Beckley, WV

Built by John Lilly, Sr. in 1835-36, it was the home of Alfred Beckley (1802-88) and Amelia Neville Craig.

Clear Creek, WV

Born in 1823, he moved to Raleigh County in the 1850s where he was a carpenter.