McKendree Miners Hospital

Overview Ledger from McKendree Miner's Hospital, Fayette County, the second of three hospitals opened by the state of West Virginia to care for people working in dangerous industries, including primarily mining, but also railroads and lumbering as well. The 544 page manuscript ledger (10x16x2) is a record of patients at the hospital from May 5, 1915 to February 3, 1916. Each page documents a single patient listing their name, city and state of residence, date, number of train or other method of...