Tag: new river
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Disabled Coal Miner Says Park Service is Taking His Home
“I was there the night she had the heart attack” (J.C. Kelley, American Coal Miner, New River, 2005) This interview was conducted in 2005 on New River Road in Hinton, West Virginia. According to sources there, the National Park Service at first told the residents that they would fix the road and wanted permission to…
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New River – Virginia – Willing Sellers Are Not Always Willing
Cindy and Tommy Mullens spent 12 years building their dream home on the New River in Hinton, West Virginia, only to be forced off when the National Park Service began seizing property along what was going to be a scenic byway. After dozens of landowners relinquished their homes, many of the properties fell into disrepair. We noted…