Since 1871, the Durham Miners' Gala has seen the streets of a city in north-east England transformed with displays of mining ...

Tennessee, never under Reconstructive military occupation, first began leasing prisoners in 1866 during Governor William G.

Keeping us warm In the early decades of the twentieth century, Midland Lumber and Coal at 112 - 114 5th Street SW supplied local residents with material needed to build homes and businesses, and with ...

This Saturday, Memorial Day Weekend, at the Good Old Days Museum in Soddy Daisy, the emphasis is on local coal mining. The museum is open from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. This is what made this entire area into ...

Jan. 5, 2006— -- Out of one of the toughest and most dangerous jobs in the world have come generations of powerful stories, almost all hinging on life and death and the suspense of waiting. "You ...

One of the most important chapters in the history of the anthracite coal industry concluded 123 years ago this month. The Great Strike of 1902, a landmark in the annals of labor-management relations, ...

LACKAWANNA COUNTY, Pa. — A new way of seeing the history of anthracite coal mining brought Pam Hummell of the Grove City Historical Society to the Lackawanna County Coal Mine Tour in Scranton. "It was ...

In the basement of the library at Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus a few miles north of Uniontown, sits one of the ...

“King Coal,” a new film from West Virginia’s own Elaine McMillion Sheldon, will premiere in Beckley at The Raleigh Playhouse and Theatre on Friday, Sept. 15, at 7 p.m. A lyrical tapestry of a place ...

For the first time in history, clean energy has outshone coal. In the first half of 2025, renewables led by solar and wind ...

When it comes to the coal region, Andrew Salamak believes that one aspect of its history has been unfairly overlooked. Salamak, who worships at St. Michael’s Ukrainian Catholic Church in Frackville, ...