Title: Monacans and miners
Description: Compares the political, economic and social experience of the Monacans, a historically significant indigenous group, and the Scottish and Irish immigrant communities of southern Appalachia in the late eighteenth century.
Subjects: Wyoming County, West Virginia, History, Social conditions, Irish Americans, Virginia, Monacan Indians, Scottish Americans, Amherst County, Coal mines and mining, Indians of north america, history, Indians of north america, social conditions, Coal mines and mining, history, Virginia, history, West virginia, history
Places: Amherst County (Va.)