Added: Jul 26, 2008
From: dmccoig
Duration: 9:55
Stop by our website if you get a chance.http://web.mac.com/dmccoig/iWeb/dantraveling/Welcome.htmlDanTraveling - The Complete First Season DVDhttp://www.createspace.com/245679Starting January 1st 2008 we will begin to track and donate half of any revenues generated by our YouTube Partner Ad Share account to a different charity each quarter.In addition to the half share of our revenues we will also link our Channel Banner to their site so that people may click on it and learn more about them.We will start with The National Alzheimer's Association Updated Documentary Informationhttp://web.mac.com/dmccoig/iWeb/dantraveling/Pocahontas%20%20Documentary%20Blog/Pocahontas%20%20Documentary%20Blog.htmlBUY THE BOOK http://www.lulu.com/content/1070970Pocahontas, Virginia: The Beauty of Small Things ForgottenPhotoessay of Pocahontas, Virginia 32 page paperback , full color. $5 from the purchase of this book goes to Historic PocahontasDan McCoigThis town was Virginia's first coal boom town. There are very few Americans who have not been touched by the far reaching influence of the Pocahontas Fuel Company. The coal extracted by Pocahontas Fuel served nearly 1/2 of the country. The numerous mines once employed nearly 100,000 people and it was all headquartered here in this small town in the mountains. Many awesome historic buildings and sites in this town face demolition by neglect unless something changes. The centerpiece of this wonderful 1800s Victorian town, The Company Store, fell to the ground just one week before we made this video and the town has until October 31 2007 to either raise the money to rebuild it or it will be scraped from the Earth forever. Contact information for the town is provided on dantraveling.comThanks to Terry Smythe for the use of the Wonderful Piano roll musichttp://members.shaw.ca/smythe/rebirth.htmDan McCoigJanet Lockerby
Channel: Travel
Tags: american ancestry catholic coal collapsed disaster ghost historical immigrants miner pocahontas tourism town virginia
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