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Appalachia, Atenville, Big Creek, C&O Railroad, coal, crime, Dr. D.P. Crockett, Eden Park, Eden Park Coal Company, Green Porter, Hadley, Hamlin, Harts, history, Huntington, J.X. Hill, John D. Shelton, Lincoln County, Philip Hager, photos, Sand Creek, Shelby Shelton, Silas Gibson, West Virginia
Eden Park is an extinct coal town located between Harts and Atenville along the C&O Railroad and Guyandotte River in Lincoln County, WV. Eden Park Coal Company created the town in the early 1920s. What follows is the company’s founding document:
Eden Park Coal Company
Date: August 24, 1922
Headquarters: Atenville
Chief works: Eden Park
Capital stock: $50,000
500 shares of $100
Incorporators:
Dr. D.P. Crockett of Big Creek, WV: 45 shares
Mrs. D.P. Crockett of Huntington, WV: 5 shares
John D. Shelton of Sand Creek, WV: 50 shares
Philip Hager of Hamlin, WV: 50 shares
Shelby Shelton of Sand Creek, WV: 50 shares
Note: Corporation will expire in fifty years.
Source: Corporation Record Book 2, Lincoln County Clerk’s Office, Hamlin, WV.
Eden Park hosted at least two murders, one of which essentially closed the mine. Reportedly, the company left much of its equipment inside of the mine. Photo by Mom.
Mr. Silas Gibson, in an interview conducted on 1 August 1927, stated that J.X. Hill sold his property at present-day Hadley, WV, and moved here…where he was killed by Green Porter. Photo by Mom.
Brandon Ray Kirk 