1853
Wiley attributes an early West Virginia coal shipment to Newburg
Wiley says Lawrence Henry shipped a car of coal from Newburg after the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad arrived and calls it the first car of coal shipped from West Virginia. The statewide “first” claim needs independent confirmation.
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Wiley, History of Preston County, pp. 499–500
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