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Frontenac was established as a coal mining town in 1886 in the Cherokee-Crawford Coal Fields in the western Ozark Plateau. [4] [5] [6] A post office was opened in Frontenac in 1887. [7] On the night of November 9, 1888, Frontenac suffered the worst mining disaster in Kansas history, [8] when a coal dust explosion [9] killed 44 [10] miners.
One of the oldest continuously running coal companies in the United States was the Pittsburg & Midway Coal Company, founded in Pittsburg, Kansas in 1885. It lasted under that name even after its move to Denver, Colorado when the Kansas mines closed, until September 2007, when Chevron which owned the company, merged it with its Molycorp Inc. coal mining division to form Chevron Mining, thus ...
Capaldo had its start in the year 1912 as a coal mining camp. [2] It was originally populated chiefly by Italian immigrants. [3] In the early 2000s, the community was annexed into the city of Frontenac.
The hospital's original mission was to serve miners and their families with its first 20-bed facility located between Pittsburg, Kansas and Frontenac, Kansas. After expansion in the 1960s, further growth was impeded by under-mining on the then-current hospital site.
Pittsburg was also the most heavily unionized city in Kansas at the beginning of the 20th century. [16] In addition to some coal mining, the economic base of the city now rests on industry. The city has a rich cultural heritage from many Southern and Eastern European mine workers who settled in and around Pittsburg and Southeastern Kansas.
Litchfield is an unincorporated community in Crawford County, Kansas, United States. [1] It is located east of Frontenac at S 250th St and E 570th Ave. History
Republican lawmakers and governors in a handful of states, including Idaho, New Hampshire, Georgia, Texas, Kansas and Oklahoma have created DOGE task forces or new state legislature committees.
Midway had its start as a mining town, and was once a major railway shipping point of coal. [2] A post office was opened in Midway in February 1871, but it closed in March 1878. It re-opened in August 1886, at which time it was renamed Nyack. In May 1887, the old name Midway was restored. The post office closed permanently in 1912. [3] [4]