Home Coal mining massacre near New River Gorge in W.Va. largely lost to history Aftermath of Stanaford Massacre

Aftermath of Stanaford Massacre

David Sibray at the Stanaford Massacre Site

Chalk circles mark bullet holes shot through a miner's camp house during the Stanaford Massacre. (Photo courtesy Beckley Newspapers>

1913 USGS Map showing Stanaford, West Virginia

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