found images: southern WVa in the 1850s

one of the times that i was down in WVa, I was taking photos of an old church (the one below with "Church of God" painted on the clapboards) and a man came out and started telling me about the church. he proceeded to invite me inside and lend me a disk he had full of images from the old highway construction in the 50's. some of them are really beautiful images, and all help tell the tale of king coal's impact on the region. the highway was built to make it easier for folks to ship coal out of the valley. i still have his CD that he so generously lent me. next time i travel down there, i'll have to look him up and return it to him with many thanks.