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Memorial honors McDowell County coal miners and founders
Geneva Steele spearheaded the Coal Miners Memorial project in Bradshaw with SARDAC. The memorial honors McDowell County miners living and dead, requires 10 years of mine work, and delivered in spring 1992 with over 700 names. It stands on land once APCO property, with Joe Coal statue by James Bailey. Contact Steele for details, names to be added by October 2014.
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Bradshaw
Geneva Steele
Steele
Sandy River District Action Committee
Sardac
McDowell County
United States
Appalachian Power Company
APCO
Georgia Pacific
Coal