Thurmond, W. VA
1995
United States
22 minutes
English
How can the true character of a place best be grasped: by reading an ‘official’ historical account or by listening to its inhabitants? Thurmond, a former mining town, has been gradually abandoned and its houses derelict. Eighteen inhabitants, including Mrs Wells, the Mayoress, are still holding out and continue to live in this ghost town, now located in the middle of the nature park through which only a tourist train passes…
Production :
Laura E. Harrison
Laura E. Harrison
Editing :
Laura E. Harrison
Laura E. Harrison
Sound :
Sarah Feltes
Sarah Feltes
Photography :
Laura E. Harrison; Karen Brown Davidson
Laura E. Harrison; Karen Brown Davidson