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Larry Gibson (right) leads women to a knoll in the family cemetery on Kayford Mountain near Cabin Creek to overlook sprawling Catenary Coal Company's Samples Mine owned by Arch Coal Company.
Larry Gibson's family has lived on or near Kayford Mountain since the late 1700's. More than 300 relatives are buried in the cemetery on Kayford Mountain. Larry and his family used to live on the lowest lying part of the mountain, and looked "up" to the mountain peaks that...
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Larry Gibson's family has lived on or near Kayford Mountain since the late 1700's. More than 300 relatives are buried in the cemetery on Kayford Mountain. Larry and his family used to live on the lowest lying part of the mountain, and looked "up" to the mountain peaks that...
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