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Mingo County

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The first European-American settlers in the Tug Valley arrived around 1800. They were mostly farmers from England, Ireland, and Germany. Later, in the late 1800s and early 1900s, people came to mine coal and build railroads. These new arrivals added many different cultures to the area.

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