N&W in 1907 -- Catawba Branch

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The community of Coopers was named after John Cooper who was the father of Thomas Cooper.  John Cooper founded the Mill Creek Coal & Coke Company and was a partner in some endeavors with Jenkin Jones.

Mill Creek Coal & Coke Comapny script carries the name Coopers, WV on the bottom.

Alex Schust
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    We always called it "Cooper" with no "s". For years I was irritated by people (not from these parts) who called it "Coopers," until I saw the highway sign the state of West Virginia had put up. You guessed it - "Coopers." Well, I still think the proper name is "Cooper." That's what the railroad called it.  Jim Nichols

    .  In Prince's book on the N&W he gives the name of the mine as Sandburg, Va.  Prince gives the owner of the mine as Cooper Silica & Glass Company.  It would be interesting to know if the "Cooper" would be Thomas H. Cooper who built the 18-room mansion in Salem, Va., known as "Longwood" and who was a coal operator for whom the town of Coopers, WV is named, I believe.]

    Gordon Hamilton


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