 Picture Courtesy of Joseph K. Landis
Area at Confluence of Elk and Big Sandy rivers settled late 1700s; town laid out 1877 by W. Chilton; incorp. May 1904; L.V. Koontz 1st mayor. Main industries: timber, coal, oil, gas, and railroad, after 1893. South, at Falling Rock Creek was first refinery to process coal into cannel oil. Carbide & Carbon Chem. Corp., later Union Carbide, built first plant here in 1920s.
American Legion Post 61 – West Virginia Department of Archives and History 2006
At the corner of State Secondary Road 63 and Cardinal Street, Clendenin. Kanawha County West Virginia
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