The New Salem Baptist Church is one of few buildings left standing at Tams, near Sophia, West Virginia, in the derelict Winding Gulf Coalfield in southern Raleigh County.
The New Salem Baptist Church is one of few buildings left standing at Tams, near Sophia, West Virginia, in the derelict Winding Gulf Coalfield in southern Raleigh County.
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