The purpose of this special volume is to document, both in pictures and in words, a history of the Triadelphia District of Logan County, West Virginia, covering the era from the late-1800s through the 1950s. This region of southern West Virginia grew rapidly due to the great demand for coal and timber by various industries in the early-1900s, including the railroad. Most of the photographs in this book depict actual mines, tipples, coal camps, churches, and schools-as well as a sample of some of the people from this area-that were important parts of the structure of the evolving coal mining and transportation industries in this proud region of the county. It is hoped that this pictorial history, A Step Back in Time, will provide younger generations living in Appalachia, as well as visitors to the area, a powerful picture of what life was once like during the period; and that this book and its images be your starting point to researching the full history of the region, for the Triadelphia District of Logan County, West Virginia, remains a growing, scenic, and important part of the Mountain State.