Blair Mountain Archeology
May 1, 2007
by Harvard Ayers
Over the spring, summer and fall of 2006, Appalachian State University under my direction conducted a field survey of archeological remains pertaining to the 1921 Battle of Blair Mountain, the largest event in the so-called Coal Field Wars. Based on our three weeks in the field and five in the archeology lab at Appalachian State, we were able to document fourteen archeological sites from one end to the other of the ten mile long battle front from the Blair Crests in the south to Mill Creek Gap in the north.
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