{"id":2420,"date":"2022-09-16T20:00:13","date_gmt":"2022-09-17T00:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?p=2420"},"modified":"2022-09-16T09:36:28","modified_gmt":"2022-09-16T13:36:28","slug":"the-dunglen-hotel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?p=2420","title":{"rendered":"The Dunglen Hotel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During the post-Civil War coal boom in West Virginia, many new towns were founded to serve the coal industry and the railroads that hauled that coal to market.  One of these towns was Thurmond, founded by a former Confederate captain of Thurmond&#8217;s Rangers which was based in the area.<\/p>\n<p>Along with those towns came hotels to accomodate visitors and businessmen.  In Thurmond one of those hotels gained quite a saucy reputation: the Dunglen Hotel.<\/p>\n<p>Today we tell that story.<\/p>\n<p>You can subscribe to the Stories podcast at Apple Podcasts, Spreaker, Audible, Goodpods, IHeartRadio, or on your favorite podcast app.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5184\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2420-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/api.spreaker.com\/v2\/episodes\/51281140\/download.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/api.spreaker.com\/v2\/episodes\/51281140\/download.mp3\">https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/api.spreaker.com\/v2\/episodes\/51281140\/download.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/api.spreaker.com\/v2\/episodes\/51281140\/download.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?powerpress_pinw=2420-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/api.spreaker.com\/v2\/episodes\/51281140\/download.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"download.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?feed=podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the post-Civil War coal boom in West Virginia, many new towns were founded to serve the coal industry and the railroads that hauled that coal to market. One of these towns was Thurmond, founded by a former Confederate captain of Thurmond&#8217;s Rangers which was based in the area. 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