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Crowd of people stand outside the Matewan Hardware and Furniture Company, Inc.

1. Union Relief Day at Matewan

'Top Row: W.W. Phaup, Robert Stringer  Bottom Row: J.H. Hines, D.C. Slater.  The last three killed at the Battle of Mucklow.  Picture used on pg. 28 of [Lee's] book.'

2. Baldwin-Felts Detectives

Tents set up at the base of a mountain at Paint Creek, W. Va. 'Pix used on page 34 of [Lee's] book.'

3. Militia Encampment at Paint Creek, W. Va.

'Bill Blizzard, left, and the Charles Town Courthouse, right, where old John Brown and 'General' Bill Blizzard were tried for treason.'

4. Blizzard, 'General' Bill and Charles Town Courthouse, Jefferson County, W. Va.

Ed Chambers is  on the right. "Two Gun" Sid Hatfield on the left. The bottom is the courthouse at Welch. The x marks the spot where where Chambers and Hatfield were killed. 1921 strike. 'See [Lee's] book page 69.'

5. Chambers, Ed and 'Two Gun' Sid Hatfield

6. State Police and Mine Guards in Trenches on Blair Mountain

Top photo show tent colonies from a distance.  Bottom photo shows a group of children stand with miners for a picture.

7. Strikers Tent Colonies in Mingo County, W. Va.

'Left to Right 'Standing': Jim Maggard, Jury Foreman, Reese Chambers, C.H. Kisser, Fred Burgraph, Sid Hatfield, Nat Attwood, Ed Chambers, Lee Toller, and Clare Overstreet. Left to Right 'Kneeling': Bouser Coleman, Ben Mounts, Bill Bowman, Van Clay, Art Williams, and Hallie Chambers.  First Row third from right is Jess Boyd, his name was not on the list. Pix used on page 61 of [Lee's] book.'

8. Defendants in Matewan Massacre Trials

Mine guards carrying guns at Paint Creek.

9. Mine Guards at Paint Creek, W. Va.

'Top row, left to right: C.T. Higgins, Albert Felts, and Lee Felts; Bottom Row, left to right: C.B. Cunningham, A.J. Booher, E.O. Powell, and J.W. Ferguson.  Group pix used on page 56 of [Lee's] book.'

10. Baldwin-Felts Detectives Killed in Matewan Massacre