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Originally Posted by LEAKYSEALS951
The C&O railway in Thurmond, West Virginia. This was a thriving coal railroad town on the New River early last century, which is all but a ghost town today. It's a fascinating little place.
The hotel (to the far left across the river- barely visible) in the second pic was a notorious brothel, built to pi$$ off the town's founder, General Thurmond (a religiously righteous individual who kept strict moral control of the town) and supposedly is featured in "Ripley's believe it or not" as the site of the world's longest poker game- 14 years.
The station in the foreground was rebuilt, and restored in the late 1980's and was featured in Tom Brokaw's "The fleecing of America" series as a waste of taxpayer money. It is still an unmanned stop for Amtrak. Town was also featured in 80's movie Matewan.
This summer I will try to do a mini trip out there. Although many of the structures are long gone, the town's main street still has some buildings left and is eerily silent. Also good rafting on river!
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Sounds like an interesting book. I'll look for it.
Someone wrote a book about the town my dad was born in, New Burlington, Ohio. It's at the bottom of a lake now. The farm that my grandfather farmed and where I spent many happy hours as a kid is at the bottom of another man-made lake. Maybe that's why I don't like large bodies of water.