The Buffalo Creek Disaster

from Stories of Appalachia · host Steve Gilly, Rod Mullins

In February, 1972, a coal company muck dam along Buffalo Creek in Logan County, West Virginia, collapsed after a winter of heavy snow and rain. The resulting flash flood of water and gob destroyed homes, businesses and took several lives in that Appalachian holler.Today we tell that story.Be sure to subscribe to the Stories podcast on your favorite podcast app or on YouTube.

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