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Community founded and homes built by Island Creek Coal Company. Amenities included: four room elementary school, Church, Company Store, Double Two movie theater Company Pool Room. A hard road was built to connect with the greater Mingo and Logan County areas. It still exists today. However, toward the beginning of the coal boom and mechanization displacing the great majority of mining jobs the community was razed. There still is coal production in the area. The proper road through the community is now a dirt road. Former friends and residents of Holden 22 still gather yearly to memorialize miners killed on or from their labor. The community can be found on Facebook at "Holden 22 Memories." More complete information on the community and its history is there along with images and videos.

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