Coal companies built entire towns from the ground up to provide for their workers, constructing schools, churches, stores, theaters, and residential structures for miners and their families. Coal camps in Southern West Virginia generally date from the 1880s through the 1930s. Authentic structures from actual coal camps have been moved and rebuilt at New River Park, including a superintendent's house, a typical miner's house, a bachelor shanty, a coal town schoolhouse, and a coal camp church. Life in the coal camps included everyday activities and recreation such as marbles and baseball, with teams from different camps competing against each other.