Introduction
Unincorporated Company Town
United Mine Workers of America
The Buxton Mines
Coal for the Railroad
Monroe Mercantile Company
Independent-owned Businesses
The Buxton YMCA
The Buxton Wonders
Buxton's White Residents
Buxton Schools
Houses in Buxton
The George Neal Family
Rueben Gaines, Sr.
African American Professionals in Buxton
Beginning of Buxton's Decline
The End of Buxton
Archaeological Exploration in Buxton

 

 

Artifacts found during the 1981 archaeological excavations tell much about how the residents of Buxton lived. Many were fragments of other items, but still tell a story. Also found were bones, shells, bottles and other items that give clues to what Buxton residents ate and drank.