Name/Title
Whites Trace Branch: WTB1, Archaeological SiteEntry/Object ID
WTB1.04.21.07Description
This collection includes four (4) bullets, disfigured from impact, one (1) .30-06 cartridge, one (1) .250 Savage cartridge, ten (10) assorted casings, and one (1) 16 gauge shotgun brass head.Context
Whites Trace Branch is a long hollow feeding into the Blair Gap, and a major strategic area for the miners. Here, the miners moved into the battlefield in several locations against heavily guarded defensive positions. The creek bed included a road which ran up through the gap in 1921, traveled by the miners and guarded by defenders, and at least two homesteads (see Shovel Test Pit and 1 Meter Test Pit entries for artifacts from these house sites).
This site, WTB1, is located where the crests of Blair Mountain can be seen, on a hill south of the creek by around 60 meters.Collection
Blair Mountain ArchaeologyRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Blair Mountain Archaeology GroupRelated Places
Place
Location
Blair Area: Whites Trace BranchRegion
Blair Mountain Battlefield, Southeast, Blair AreaContinent
North AmericaRelated Events
Event
Battle of Blair Mountain (1921)Provenance
Provenance Detail
Archaeological FindNotes
4/21/2007
