1909: CALHOUN WORKERS AT GODFREY CABOTS LAMP BLACK FACTORY

(01/15/2026)

1909 Workers at G.L. Cabot's Carbon Black Factory, Calhoun County WV: Front row, (left to right) John Davis (standing) Kay "Boots" Stevens, Jake Hayhurst, Ellie Propst, Harry "Hike" Smith, Fred Ball, and Frank Deem. Second row, standing (left to right) Mont Smith,Walter Eli Smith, Bill Durst (photo taken before he lost his arm in an accident at the factory), John Harris, Wes Propst, Wait Ball, and Frankie Smith CALHOUN ONCE HAD WORLD'S LARGEST CARBON BLACK FACTORY A second lamp black factory was built at Creston.

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