In this episode of Mr. P. Explores, we drive down a treacherous gravel path for ten miles, down into the New River Gorge near Fayetteville, West Virginia in search of an abandoned mining town, a ghost town called Nuttallburg. Once a thriving coal mining town, the operation was begun by John Nuttall in 1870 along the future route of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad that would run through the gorge. In 1873 Nuttall had built almost 100 houses, with 80 coke ovens, a variety of mine structures and a coal tipple on a railroad siding. Flat land by the river was dedicated to railroad and industrial use, leaving houses to seek perches on the hillsides. The town was racially segregated with white workers on the west side of Short Creek and black workers on the east side and between the railroad and the river. Because development stretched along both banks of the river, a pedestrian suspension bridge was built across the river by the Roebling Bridge Company in 1899. For nearly 80 years, the mine and town thrived, until the coal petered out. After that, most of the frame structures in Nuttallburg succumbed to weather or were salvaged for building materials. The National Park Service acquired the town, mining complex and surrounding area from the Nuttall Estate in 1998 and incorporated it into New River Gorge National River. We went in and went looking for whatever was left. Some amazing things came out of the search, despite the dangerous descent on a steep one-lane gravel "road" down the side of the New River Gorge. Even though there was absolutely no phone signal and no way out but back up the way we came, the trip was well worth it! Enjoy the adventure and check out what remains of Nuttallburg! Music: Intro: Dan Lebowitz - "Casey, Don't You Fret" Credits: Dan Lebowitz - "Lazy River Rag" Outro: Ben Folds Five - "Theme from Dr. Pyser" Info on Nuttallsburg from the National Park Service: https://www.nps.gov/neri/learn/histor... Mr. P's other sites to check out: The Northeast Ohio Urban Exploration Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/NEOUr... Mr. P's Mythopedia: https://www.facebook.com/MrPsMythopedia/ Mr. P's World History Emporium: https://www.facebook.com/MrPsWorldHis...
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