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BlairMountain also a symbol of coal greed Editor: The reason why we need to preserve the historic BlairMountain site is the same reason the coal companies and others wish it destroyed: to preserve the story of the struggle of workers... Published: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 Words: 648
A West Virginia history group is appealing the decision to take BlairMountain off of the National Register of Historic Places. The BlairMountain Battlefield was added to register on March 30, protecting it from mountaintop-removal... Published: Sunday, January 17, 2010 Words: 675
The Battle of BlairMountain in 1921 lasted five days. From Aug. 31 to Sept. 4, the battle raged, and ended with the entrance of federal troops. Many readers are no doubt familiar with some of the details - one million shots were fired... Published: Sunday, September 12, 2010 Words: 751
On the eve of next week's march to the BlairMountain battlefield, a coalition of historic preservation, environmental and labor groups filed a petition with the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection to curb mining on... Published: Friday, June 03, 2011 Words: 593
The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection has denied a petition asking that BlairMountain be declared unsuitable for mining. In a letter written earlier this week, a DEP lawyer called the June 2 petition, which was... Published: Friday, July 08, 2011 Words: 777
Before CNN's special feature "The Battle for BlairMountain," most Americans knew little or nothing about it. The national audience for this prime-time show can be forgiven if they still wondered at the end of the feature what this... Published: Sunday, August 28, 2011 Words: 773
labor, environmental and historic preservation organizations can sue the federal government to preserve the historic site of BlairMountain in Logan County from mountaintop removal mining, a panel of three federal judges ruled Tuesday.... Published: Wednesday, August 27, 2014 Words: 696
A group organizing this week's march on BlairMountain alleges coal industry intimidation is behind the group's difficulties in finding camping places along the route. "Owners and operators of both private and public campsites in Boone,... Published: Thursday, June 09, 2011 Words: 867
Trust for Historic Preservation joined a lawsuit against the National Park Service last week challenging the removal of the BlairMountain Battlefield from the National Register of Historic Places. Removing BlairMountain, the National... Published: Sunday, January 02, 2011 Words: 579
When my great-uncle Bill Blizzard marched up the side of BlairMountain with several thousand other coal miners in the late summer of 1921, he wasn't thinking about the coal that lay within the mountain. He wasn't thinking about whether... Published: Sunday, February 20, 2011 Words: 1011
