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John Henry Memorial Looms Over Big Bend Tunnel Tale
Talcott and Hilldale residents push to honor John Henry with a bronze statue near the Big Bend tunnel entrance. The project, funded by the Talcott Hilldale Raritan Club, seeks a 14 000 project total with 7 900 remaining, aiming to unveil before the 1973 tunnel anniversary. The effort follows evidence from WVU scholar Louis W. Chappell that the legend likely lived and worked at Big Bend.
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Talcott
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Old Confederacy
John Henry
Appalachain
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
West Virginia Hills
Big Bend Mountain
Hilldale
Greenbrier
Summers County
Big Bend
C&o
Richmond
America
West Virginia University
Louis W. Chappell
U.S
Jamaica
Henry
Michigan
Charles Cooper
James E. Monroe
West Virginia
Hinton