Buffalo Creek Memorial organizer Billy Jack Dickerson on Saturday reads the names of those who died in the 1972 Buffalo Creek disaster, including Jesse Gunnells, age 1.

Audience members listen to Dickerson talk about the Buffalo Creek disaster during a slideshow presentation Saturday at Man High School.

Billy Jack Dickerson addresses the audience during a slideshow presentation about the Buffalo Creek disaster, which happened 40 years ago Sunday.

Barbara Brunty speaks about her memories of the Buffalo Creek disaster. Brunty, 62, was in her early 20s and living in Lundale when the disaster occurred.

Bill Owens lost five family members when the Pittston Coal Co. dam system failed on Feb. 26, 1972.

This dog gets some much-needed sleep after the devastating Feb. 26, 1972, collapse of the Pittston Coal Co. dam system that sent 130 million gallons of water, coal sludge and debris down Logan County's Buffalo Creek Hollow. All told, 125 people were killed, 1,000 more were injured and 4,000 were left homeless.

The remains of houses, businesses and lives lie jammed up against this bridge across Buffalo Creek after the water has receded in February 1972.