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Kentucky Coal Camps

Hardburly - coal town

Hardburly - Railroad Construction

Chavies - mining town

Chavies - coal trestle           

 

"Removed from their cestral homes, the mountaineers and their families often found refuge in the lumber and coal camps that increasingly dominated the mountain economy after 1900."

-from "Where There are Mountains: An Environmental History of the Southern Appalachians"

 

 

Hardburly, Ky - coal town          back to top

 

Chavies, Ky - Coal trestle         back to top

Chavies, Ky - mining town         back to top

Hardburly, Ky - Railroad Construction          back to top