The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The community derives its name from Bartley Ross, an original owner of the town site.
Bartley was the site of one of the deadliest mine disasters in American history when the Pond Creek #1 mine, owned by the Pocahontas Coal Corporation, exploded on January 10, 1940, at 2:30 PM. Ninety-one miners lost their lives. The west side of the mine was not affected; 37 men escaped injury. Another 10 men at the bottom of the shaft, used to lower the men into the mine, were also unaffected. A rescue effort was mounted; seven hours after the first explosion, while men were working to save their fellow miners, a second explosion occurred, ending the rescue effort for the 91 lost men.
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Start Bartley’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Bartley’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Bartley, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Bartley is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Bartley has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Carter Coal Company Store in War, 3.3 miles away.
Bartley and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.