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On February 7, 1913, mine guards, operator Quinn Morton, and Kanawha County Sheriff Bonner Hill boarded an armored train known as the "Bull Moose Special." That evening, they attacked a miners' tent colony at Holly Grove on Paint Creek.

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Testimony of Bonner Hill
Testimony of Quinn Morton
Testimony of Maud Estep
West Virginia's Mine Wars
"Eugene V. Debs in West Virginia, 1913: A Reappraisal"
Document-Based Questions



February 7: Moundsville-McMechen streetcar


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