Rush Run Community Ruins

Rush Run Community Ruins

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Rush Run was established in 1889 by the Rush Run Coal Company as the earliest mining town along the old C & O railway on this tour. It was a busy community that was even equipped with its own post office and saloon. In 1905, five years after the initial tragedy at Red Ash, yet another disaster occurred in the conjoined Red Ash and Rush Run mines, ultimately killing 24 men. After the closure of the Rush Run mine in the 1940s, the town was abandoned. Many foundations and walls from Rush Run sit along the final mile of the Southside Trail.

CAUTION

Park regulations prohibit the possession, collection, removal, destruction, or disturbance of both natural and cultural objects and structures on public land. (16 U.S.Code 470aa-470mm).

Climbing, sitting, or walking on walls and other constructed features weakens them. Please leave historic structures and artifacts as you find them, where they help tell the story of the past.

The railroad track at the end of Southside Junction is an ACTIVE line and private property; do not walk on or cross the tracks!