Buffalo Creek Valley (continued)

notable events in rebuilding of, 139–140

on Sunday, February 27, 19–20

prospects for the future, 262–264, 421–435

recent economic boosts, 424–429

recommendations for the future, 438–445

religious groups, churches, and related services, 170–171, 368n7, 371n24

some competitive advantages, 422–423

some competitive disadvantages, 423–424

the week after the flood, 20–22

weeks after the flood, 22–27

Buffalo Mining Company (BMC)

irresponsibility of, 9, 11, 120n136, 405

lawsuit against, 23–25

operations along Buffalo Creek, 6–27, 43–68, 95

Buffalo Valley Redevelopment Plan (BVRP), 138–150, 189n2

elements of, 141–146

implementation of, 147–150

recommendations, general and specific, 142–146

BVRP. See Buffalo Valley Redevelopment Plan

Canfield family members

profiles of, 264–276

Chance, Sam

profile of, 206–213

Church, Mabel

profile of, 223–227

churches and church-related services, 170–171, 368n7, 371n24

Citizens’ Committee to Investigate the Buffalo Creek Disaster

operations at Buffalo Creek, 10–11, 22–23, 25, 60, 103–104, 181, 366n2, 380

coal gas (methane gas), extraction of, 424–426, 448n5

coal mining, at Buffalo Creek, 4–12

collective trauma, concept of, 95–96

communality, definition of, 491

community

cohesion, 185–186

definition of, 491

recovery of, definition of, 494

re-creation of, definition of, 494

resilience of, definition of, 494

comparisons

Buffalo Creek, Elk Creek, and St. John, 352–364, 365n2, 390–396, 482–489

corrosive community, concept of, 42–43

cultural legacy, xxix, 318, 393, 422

negative, concept of, 41, 365n2

positive, 43

Cummins, Goldie and Buddy

profiles of, 245–252

differences

among accounts of authors/experts, 382–385, 399–414

among Buffalo Creek, Elk Creek, and St. John, 352–364