Thomas & Davis
Brenda J. Pritt Executive Director

Randolph County Convention & Visitors Bureau

1035 N. Randolph Avenue, Elkins, WV 26241

Ofc: 304-636-2780 Fax: 304-636-2780
Toll Free:
800-422-3304

E-Mail:

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RCCVB 2009
Board Members:
Chelly Depp
Gordon Blackley
Julia Elbon
Judy Guye
Jimmy Hammond
Jill Jeffries
David Kesling
Kenneth Nazelrod
Tom Regan
Kenny Sexton
Barbara Storey
Douglas Tuning
Gary Wileman
Tucker County, West Virginia
1-800-782-2775
https://www.canaanvalley.org

Located north of Elkins in Tucker County, Thomas and Davis were driven by lumber. Known early as “stump towns;” you could travel through town jumping from stump to stump, Davis was founded by Senator Henry Gassaway Davis to house the workers in the extensive spruce and hardwood timberlands he purchased for between $5 and $15 an acre. At the peak of population in 1902, Davis was home to 3,000 residents and 80 businesses that served the workers. Thomas was named after Thomas Beall Davis, the Senator’s brother. Fueled by coal instead of lumber, the one and one half mile stretch between the two towns was often aglow with the fires of 1,000 coke ovens of the Davis Coal and Coke Company. Today, both of these historic little towns are filled with shops, art and West Virginia made products.

Directions:
Go North from Elkins on US-33 [S Randolph Ave] for 1.1 miles
Turn RIGHT (North) onto US-219 [Randolph Ave] for 3.2 miles
Turn RIGHT (East) onto US-219 for 18 miles
Turn RIGHT (East) onto US-219 [SR-72] for .4 miles
Turn RIGHT (South-East) onto US-219 [Pennsylvania Ave] for 13.1 miles to Thomas
Thomas, turn RIGHT (South) onto SR-32 [Spruce St] for .4 miles
Keep STRAIGHT onto SR-32 for 2.7 miles to Davis

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