Existing comment:
Fayette:
The establishment, growth and ultimate demise of the towns of Fayette and South Fayette represent the general life cycle of the towns in the gorge. A mining company would open a coal mine and build company-owned houses and a store, thus creating a company town. Decades later, when the coal seam was exhausted or the mine closed because of changes in the marketplace, people moved away, and the town ultimately was deserted.
The town of Fayette was incorporated, and the company town provided miners with housing, the Blume Company Store, a school, post office, churches, railroad depot, four saloons, and a hotel. |