Andrew's world West Virginia history

   The coal wars were a series of conflicts between Coal Companies and Coal Miners between 1912 and 1921. In my opinion this was the coolest and most badsss thing to ever happen in west Virginia and it always bothered me that this gets little mention in history books.        It all began in Paint Creek/ Cabin Creek in 1912. Miners went on strike demanding better pay, to have the right to trade where they wanted and recognition of their union, the UMW.      The companies responded by hiring The Baldwin-Felts agency to guard the mines. They also hired men from the south and from NY to work in the mines to keep operations running.     After the agents arived, coal miners either moved out of or were evicted from their company owned homes. They moved into coal camps supported by the union. The union supplied the miners and their famlies with canvas tents. The agents built forts around the mines that were outfitted with machine guns. They had a train they called the "bull moose special&

Paranormal activity in Alum creek, wv?      Over the past several years, there has been a story circulating about a church and cemetery in Alum  Creek. There is a little confusion about exactly which church, seeing as there are several in the small community. In my opinion, it's the Forks Of Coal Missionary Baptist Church. There's something about the confluence of two rivers that seems to stir up activity      The church itself was founded in 1832 and sits below a historic cemetery, according to Wikipedia.      According to Theresa's Haunted History of the Tri-State, several witnesses have reported seeing an older gentleman who seems confused, but disappears when approached.      Now, its possible that he's just a fellow mourner, or perhaps he lives in one of the houses near the cemetery? We may never know, but I'd at least like to believe he's the ghost of someone who's buried there http://theresashauntedhistoryofthetri-state.blogspot.com finda