Author: David Meyers
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1625858124
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 167
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As early as 1755, explorers found coal deposits in Ohio's Hocking Valley. The industry that followed created towns and canals and established a new way of life. The first shipment of coal rolled into Columbus in 1830 and has continued ever since. In 1890, the United Mine Workers of America was founded in Columbus. Lorenzo D. Poston became the first of the Hocking Valley coal barons, and by the start of the twentieth century, at least fifty thousand coal miners and their families lived and worked in Athens, Hocking and Perry Counties. Authors David Meyers, Elise Meyers Walker and Nyla Vollmer detail the hard work and struggles as they unfolded in Ohio's capital and the Little Cities of Black Diamonds.
Author: Homer Williams Widener
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Category : Bituminous coal
Languages : en
Pages : 64
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Author: American Commerce Association
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Category : Communication and traffic
Languages : en
Pages : 416
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Author: United States. Interstate Commerce Commission
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Category : Interstate commerce
Languages : en
Pages : 768
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Author: Kevin J. Koch
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253068851
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 278
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To know a place deeply means to understand it on several levels, layered almost as if from bedrock to topsoil. Midwest Bedrock: The Search for Nature's Soul in America's Heartland takes readers on a journey across all twelve Midwest states to natural settings that defy typical stereotypes of the Midwest landscape. Each chapter focuses on one focal region or locality within each state, often seeking out lesser-known landscapes steeped in beauty and story. Author Kevin Koch invites readers to join him on a journey through the beauty of the Midwest and to discover such places as Wisconsin's 1,100-mile Ice Age Trail that follows the furthest reach of the last glacier; Minnesota's Lake Itasca, headwaters of the Mississippi River; and Indiana's Hoosier National Forest, which still cradles hidden graveyards from long-abandoned farm communities. Part history, part memoir, part interview-based research, Midwest Bedrock is a personal narrative of exploring the natural beauty of America's Heartland, where each location tells the stories of the past that linger on the landscape.
Author: Ohio. Auditor of State
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Category : Finance, Public
Languages : en
Pages : 316
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Category : Coal trade
Languages : en
Pages : 900
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Category : Coal trade
Languages : en
Pages : 776
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Author: Norfolk and Western Railway Company
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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 556
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Author: Ohio. Auditor of State
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Category : Finance, Public
Languages : en
Pages : 318
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