Format:
176 pages
,
illustrations
,
23 cm
ISBN:
1467135496
,
9781467135498
Content:
"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 in to 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." -- From cover
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-170) and index
Language:
English
Keywords:
Ohio
;
Kohlenbergbau
;
Geschichte
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