Mining in the Hocking Valley
by
David Meyers, Elise Meyers Walker & Nyla Vollmer
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2017
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 into Columbus in 1830 and has continued ever since. In 1890, the United Mine Workers of America was founded...