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Picture Courtesy of Joseph K. Landis

John Peter Salley (Salling) and companions discovered coal near here in 1742 on their exploring trip from the Greenbrier River. They followed the Coal River to its junction with The Great Kanawha River at St. Albans.
WV 3, at Racine Community Center/John Slack Park, Racine Boone County West Virginia
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