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Harlan County sits in the sweet spot of coal mining in southeastern Kentucky. Even pop culture cannot ignore its impact with such television shows as Justified. It is an area of Kentucky that you only go to if you are intentionally going to the county.
The Harlan County War, or Bloody Harlan, was a series of coal industry skirmishes, executions, bombings and strikes (both attempted and realized) that took place in Harlan County, Kentucky, during the 1930s. The incidents involved coal miners and union organizers on one side and coal firms and law enforcement officials on the other. [1]
The Kentucky Coal Mining Museum offers a complete picture of the lives that revolve around the coal industry. Visitors to the museum can also view the process detailing the formation of coal by looking at several visuals and fossil displays.
Miners in Harlan County, Kentucky, have drawn national attention with their direct action—occupying a railroad track to halt a coal train until the miners get paid the wages they are owed for digging it up.
Coal mining once provided a middle-class living. Mine workers in Harlan won living wages and benefits following a series of strikes and violent clashes with scabs and mine owners in the 1930s that...
The 19 vintage photos of Kentucky coal mining life give a rare insight into the life and times of coal miners and their families in the early 1900s.
CUMBERLAND, Ky. — Harlan County's landscape is as striking from atop Pine Mountain as it is from the valleys below. But it was the coal, underground, that shaped life in Appalachia. Rainbo Johnson spent more than 20 years in the mines and the entirety of his working life in the coal industry.
Here we spotlight a coal camp or other region in Harlan County – discussed in the book – and reveal facts or stories of interest. There is no implied order of importance; I choose the camp or area on whimsy. Map of Harlan County with points of reference in the book noted.
The Harlan County Coal War left a lasting impact on labor movements in America. It was a vivid reminder of the harsh realities faced by coal miners and the sacrifices made for the rights workers enjoy today.
Three Harlan County incorporated towns were not owned by the coal mines, they became a sanctuary for the evicted and starving miners. One of the towns that were a refuge was Evarts, Kentucky.