By 1920, over 40,000 individuals were listed. Men from all over the world came into these communities to work in the coal mines. Some brought their families with them. Others sent for their families later. Logan County not only received foreigners during that time but also residents of other counties in WV and other states also migrated here.
Coal mining is a very dangerous occupation, even now, years later.
But in that time period, deaths accounted to working in the coal mines were common and in high numbers. Deaths from typhoid fever, measles, flu epedemics, cancer, heart diseases, etc., also took their toll.