Author: James B. Stull
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 162585580X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 160
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From 1866 until 1979, Erie was one of the largest coal-producing towns in the nation. Numerous settlers contributed to building Old Town and making it one of the liveliest communities in northern Colorado. The Columbine Mine massacre in 1927 incited major changes to coal mining practices, inspiring unionization efforts nationally. The improved rights and working conditions that miners struggled to win benefit employees across America today. Emeritus Professor James B. Stull illuminates Erie's earliest pioneers, houses, schools and churches and the town's enduring evolution.
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Author: Erie (Colo.)
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Category : City planning
Languages : en
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Author: Anne Dyni
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ISBN: 9780970894304
Category : Coal mines and mining
Languages : en
Pages : 57
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Author: Erie (Colo.)
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Category : City planning
Languages : en
Pages : 178
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Author: Heritage Strategies
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Category : Historic buildings
Languages : en
Pages : 131
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Author: Erie (Colo.)
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Category : Building laws
Languages : en
Pages : 333
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Author: James B. Stull
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738576169
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
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Erie grew from the discovery of coal in the mid-1800s. Its mines became the largest suppliers of lignite coal in the northern Colorado coalfield. Unions quickly moved into Colorado to push for improved working conditions and miners' rights to participate in decisions affecting their jobs. When mine owners refused to honor their requests, miners went on strike, and owners hired scab labor from Europe, Asia, and Mexico. Tensions mounted, and local miners sabotaged mines by setting explosives and otherwise damaging property. Colorado's governor established a special militia to deal with the strikers. The armed militia wounded and killed miners and their families in southern Colorado's Ludlow Mine and Erie's Columbine Mine. Government intervention and the sympathetic viewpoint of the owner of the Columbine Mine led to the first Colorado coal company to unionize. Miners fought for working conditions that characterize many of today's best-run companies. With the closing of the last mine in the area in 1979, Erie has grown to become a bedroom community in the Denver-Boulder metropolitan community.
Author: United States. Federal Insurance Administration
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Category : Boulder County (Colo.)
Languages : en
Pages : 20
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Author: Walsh Environmental Scientists and Engineers
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