Deepwater in 1907 -- Matoaka Station

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Attached is a pic of coal scrip from Matoaka.

Hard to believe that Matoaka is now virtually a ghost
town.

Mark C
--- NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:


> Matoaka Is Promised Depot by Deepwater

> ------

>     Matoaka, the boom town on the Widemouth branch,

> has been positively assured by Raymond Dupuy, the

> general superintendent of the Deepwater, that they

> will have a depot.  The new road from all present

> signs will make Matoaka a transfer point from the

> Deepwater to the Norfolk and Western.

>     The new depot will be located about opposite the

> present site of the Norfolk and Western station and

> will help the town immensely.  So confident are the

> Matoaka people that a depot will be located at this

> point that real estate has taken a big jump and high

> prices are much in evidence.

>     The town is admirably situated and once plans

> are made for controlling the creek during flood

> periods, the town will take its place amng the

> rapidly growing towns of West Virginia.  Two or

> three Bluefield men have secured land and houses at

> Matoaka and have been offered double the price they

> paid for these.

> 

> Bluefield Daily Telegraph

> January 31, 1907

> 

> Gordon Hamilton>

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