COAL COUNTRY: 15.Rowe_restaurant_2.jpg

Mother and daughter, Rowe Restaurant, Algoma, West Virginia, 1978. This combination restaurant/bar was like many in coal country, open early and late to serve miners working round-the-clock shifts. Men came in for beers after the graveyard shift ended, while others ate breakfast before starting work. Both Pricie and her daughjter Barbara have bpassed away. Jon Chase photo
15.Rowe_restaurant_2.jpg

Mother and daughter, Rowe Restaurant, Algoma, West Virginia, 1978. This combination restaurant/bar was like many in coal country, open early and late to serve miners working round-the-clock shifts. Men came in for beers after the graveyard shift ended, while others ate breakfast before starting work. Both Pricie and her daughjter Barbara have bpassed away. Jon Chase photo