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Private planes dropped bombs near here during the Coal Wars.

1. Blair Mountain; Town of Blair; Looking NE from Fire Tower Site; Logan Co., W. Va.

Crooked Creek Gap area saw heavy fighting during the Battle of Blair. Archaeologist Mike Workman uses metal detector to scan rock pile from artifacts with Howard Green to the right.

2. Blair Mountain; Rock Pile Near Crooked Creek Gap; Logan Co., W. Va.

This trail would have seen lots of action during the battle of Blair Mountain due to the large amount of fighting that occured at Crooked Creek Gap.

3. Blair Mountain; Crooked Creek Gap; Logan Co., W. Va.

Ammunition was more than likely left from the Battle of Blair Mountain. Shell is located in the center of the photo.

4. Blair Mountain; Spent .30-06 Shell Found On Point NW of Crooked Creek Gap; Logan Co., W. Va.

Fire tower has no significance to the Battle of Blair Mountain, it was just used later by archaelogists to take elevated photos of the surrounding area.

5. Blair Mountain Fire Tower, Logan Co., W. Va.

Photograph taken of the west side of Blair Mountain from fire tower l.

6. View From Fire Tower L, West, Blair Mountain, Logan Co., W. Va.

Photograph taken of the southeast side of the mountain from fire tower l.

7. View From Fire Tower LSE, Blair Mountain; Logan Co., W. Va.