Kelly’s Creek Colliery, as I understand it, was the primary coal mining company in operation at Ward, WV. It was owned by Valley Camp Coal. Anyone familiar with coal mining operations has undoubtedly heard of the company store. Mining companies...
{This is the final of 4 installments – reprinting this story exactly as it appears in the 2001 Ward Community Reunion Book…} Please click here to see the beginning of this story My mother’s best friend at Ward was Frances Akers. They lost track of each...