This book offers a visual glimpse into the past – a documentation of the people, places and activities of a way of life that is gone and a culture that has changed. This project is a tribute, honoring those working people of Campbell’s Creek, who gave so much of their lives to the industrial development of the Kanawha Valley and the State of West Virginia.

This book has been sold out for more than twenty years and since that time numerous historical photographs have been discovered. This special reprint edition combines the original unaltered 1989 book with an additional 136 page section featuring over 200 photographs, maps, charts and illustrations. Together this volume boasts over 450 photographs and chronicles the region’s history for more than 200 years.