Stories, quotes and anecdotes from Appalachia. 1880s-1950s era.

Category: Coal mining

Lengthiest murder trial in WV history begins

The trial of Sid Hatfield and twenty-two other defendants for the murder of one of the detectives, Albert Felts, began on January 28, 1921.

Westmoreland’s bankruptcy could still be felt in Southwest Virginia by now-retired miners, but it is unclear what the future holds.

John Holt (1870-1918), a coal miner in Murray City, OH, kept a journal of his daily life. Here’s the week of April 7-14, 1907.

Folk singers today sing happy work songs about mule drivers & mule-skinners. I wonder if any of them know what driving a mule is really like.

Joseph Ozanic discusses the conflict between his Progressive Miners of America and John L. Lewis’ United Mine Workers of America.

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