Keywords: Thurmond, a mostly deserted old Appalachian coal town in West Virginia LCCN2015634243.tif 1 photograph digital tiff file color Notes Purchase; Carol M Highsmith Photography Inc ; 2015; DLC/PP-2015 055 ; Credit line West Virginia Collection within the Carol M Highsmith Archive Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division ; Forms part of West Virginia Collection within the Carol M Highsmith Archive ; Title date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer ; In the 2010 census the population was 5 During the heyday of coal mining in the New River Gorge in the late 19th and early 20th centuries Thurmond was a prosperous town with a number of businesses and facilities for the Chesapeake Ohio Railway The town was the filming location for John Sayles's 1987 movie Matewan As of 2015 much of Thurmond is owned by the National Park Service for the New River Gorge National River 2015 Creator Carol M Highsmith Library of Congress Catalog http //lccn loc gov/2015634243 Image download https //cdn loc gov/master/pnp/highsm/34200/34227a tif Original url http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/highsm 34227 No known restrictions on publication LOC-image highsm 34227 PD-Highsmith Images uploaded by Fæ West Virginia Collection within the Carol M Highsmith Archive Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division West Virginia Collection within the Carol M Highsmith Archive Photographs by Carol M Highsmith |