New clash over old battlefield in West Virginia coal country

Monday, August 9, 2010 - 17:28 in Earth & Climate

Companies aim to strip-mine historic Blair Mountain, where an army of 10,000 striking miners fought police and guards in 1921. Those who have sought to keep West Virginia's Blair Mountain open for strip mining despite its storied past did not reckon with Kenny King.

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