A Push to Preserve Putneys Past: ; Little Remains of Kanawha County Coal

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In its heyday, the coal-mining town of Putney had a population of about 1,500 and a workforce of 400 miners who produced more than 300,000 tons of coal per year.

Passenger trains ran twice a day through the town, which included 100 company-owned houses, a company store, boardinghouse, community recreational facility, church, doctor's office and school.

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A Push to Preserve Putneys Past: ; Little Remains of Kanawha County Coal

But life revolved around coal.

After the mines shut down in the early 1950s, the community began to deteriorate and fade.

Putney eventually became a sort of ghost town.

Today, only remnants of ruins attest to its existence. Daffodils that o...

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