Idamay’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Idamay. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The community was named after Ida May Watson, the daughter of Consolidation Coal co-founder James Otis Watson and sister of Caroline Watson Fleming, after whom the neighboring town of Carolina was named.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Idamay’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Idamay’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewIndustries of War - Mining - Coal…, 1917: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Idamay, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Idamay is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Idamay has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Hamilton Round Barn in Mannington, 4.6 miles away.
Idamay and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Industries of War - Mining - Coal - Mining coal in war times. Train of coal loaded at (1917) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (3). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.