Home Betrayed in life, buried in silence: Forgetting the victims of the Hawks Nest disaster Hawks Nest Inscription

Hawks Nest Inscription

A memorial to the Hawks Nest workers and a grave site is located at 98 Hilltop Drive in Mount Lookout, near Summersville Lake and U.S. Route 19 (38°14′04.24″N 80°51′09.22″W).

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