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The house that coal built at Williamson

Tunnel near Dingess, WV, Mingo County, Hatfield & McCoy Region

Now a visitor center, the Coal House at Williamson, West Virginia, in Mingo County, was built in 1933 to symbolize the success of the “Billion Dollar Coalfield.” Williamson is located in the Hatfield & McCoy Region.

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