Blair Mountain, "the 1,600-acre site of a bloody battle in southern West Virginia over union organizing in 1921," and now the site of proposed strip mining for coal, will likely be removed from the National Register of Historic Places next month because a majority of property owners in the tract objected to the listing, P.J. Dickerscheid reports for The Associated Press. The register accepted the site in March, but "efforts to remove it began after the number of objecting property owners was corrected from 22 to 30 out of 57." (Encarta map)"Following a published legal notice and a 30-day public comment period, the Logan County battlefield would then be designated only as eligible for listing," AP reports. The change "will still require affected property owners seeking federal permits or funding to go through a historic review process." Opponents of the listing included Massey Energy, which wants to mine nearby. (Read more)
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