Mcdowell Pins and Buttons

The historic Thorpe Cemetery,Gary WV. I don't think I've ever seen so many cameos in one small graveyard before.

Where the stairwells were inside the abandoned Anawalt School

The original St. Mary's Greek Orthodox church in Elkhorn WV,McDowell County. The congregation is now in the new church in Bluefield WV

The Keystone WV United Mine Workers building,built in 1946

Exterior abandoned Church in Pageton WV

Frozen over wooden water tower above Elkhorn WV

The remains of a homestead,near Cucumber WV

Train tunnel frozen up in a deep freeze Welch WV

Abandoned hotel,Anawalt WV

Abandoned house on a snowy day near Capels WV

Sun shining off an abandoned house on a hillside near Maybeury WV

Cabin that has become part of the Berwind Lake nature area near War WV

Found this stool behind the stands at the abandoned Northfork basketball gym.

Color treatment of the side wall of the abandoned coal wash in Jenkinjones WV

Berwind Lake Wildlife Management Area near War in McDowell County, West Virginia.

Entrance in to the lab area of the former coal processing plant near Six WV

The no longer in use War,WV Jail,there is indeed a town called War in WV,it's near the border between the North and South.

I was randomly shooting the border mountains between Tazewell County Virginia and McDowell County WV when I stopped to see if I could get a shot of the ridge in the distance. In the process I made a new friend.

Vent on the roof of the abandoned Switchback School,Switchback WV

Side room of the Iaeger High School,obviously abandoned.

This was SUPPOSED to be a shot of the abandoned stores in Welch WV, but I didnt check my settings,and I ended up with this. I like the vibrancy of the red fire hydrant better anyway.

I know Money IS a last name,but how often do you find it on a historic grave marker like this one near Leckie WV

Now closed,the former Ashland Company Store,Ashland WV

Norfolk Southern line near Capels WV

The Old Church Of Jesus Christ,now closed and abandoned,tucked in to the mountains of McDowell County WV

Sign and little girl riding her bike with dog near Yukon WV

Thorpe Miners Cemetery,Gary WV

The light outside of the abandoned Pageton Church,I like that it was so green there that the reflections made the old overhead blend in. You get that some times when you shoot deep in to the woods,it's so green the color just reflects on to everything.

View from the back end of the Anawalt Lake nature area,McDowell County WV

Man fishing in Anawalt Lake,McDowell County WV

The mountain town of Ashland WV

Street view of the town of War,WV

Town sign for War West Virginia

Abandoned storefronts in the once booming down town of Welch WV

It's funny I have shot this church in Elkhorn WV twice but I can find almost no info about this unique place.

Buildings like these,built to the curve of the river,are an oddity of Southern West Virginia,like this one in Anawalt WV