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Each year West Frankfort hosts the Old King Coal Festival. This four-day event is held every May. Now coinciding with Rend Lake Festival, held in nearby Benton. Formerly the Old King Coal Festival was held in the third week of September; to pay tribute to coal miners with a parade, concerts, pageants, carnival rides and a wide variety of food.
Carmichaels is located in eastern Greene County at (39.897755, -79.975022 It is surrounded by Cumberland Township but is a separate municipality.. Pennsylvania Route 88 passes through the borough, leading north 9 miles (14 km) to Fredericktown and south 14 miles (23 km) to Point Marion.
In 1917, an explosion in Old Ben Mine No. 11, located in Christopher, killed 17. [8] The worst explosion occurred in 1951, in the Orient No. 2 Mine in West Frankfort, in which 119 people died. [9] The West Frankfort quadrangle of Franklin County is home to 17 coal mines, according to a 2004 report. [5]
1. Cody, Wyoming. As its name suggests, Cody was founded by "Buffalo Bill" Cody himself. The discovery of oil fields and the founding of nearby Yellowstone National Park have ensured the town has ...
June 22, 1979 (Old Town Road and Muddy Creek: Carmichaels: 4: Colver-Rogers Farmstead: Colver-Rogers Farmstead: November 21, 2003 (East of State Route 1011 at Township 159, north of Jefferson
Fairie Festival at Spyglass Ridge Winery - Sunbury; Fine Arts Fiesta - third week in May in Wilkes-Barre; Mayfair Festival of the Arts - Allentown; Peddler's Village Strawberry Festival - first weekend in May in Lahaska [2] Phoenixville Beer & Wine Festival - the Saturday of Mother's Day weekend - in Phoenixville
Coal miners from West Virginia – whom locals have lovingly dubbed the “West Virginia Boys” – moved a mountain in just three days to reopen a 2.7-mile stretch of Highway 64 between Bat Cave ...
The Maxfield Parrish mural Old King Cole (1894) for the Mask and Wig Club was sold by Christie's for $662,500 in 1996. Parrish executed a second Old King Cole (1906) for The Knickerbocker Hotel, which was moved to the St. Regis New York in 1948, and is the centerpiece of its King Cole Bar. [21]