Elise Meyers Walker Nyla Vollmer: 1 book

Book cover of Carrying Coal to Columbus

Carrying Coal to Columbus

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...
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