Photo: On the tipple of Cross Mountain Mine, near Coal Creek, Tennessee, December 1910. Photo by Lewis Wickes Hine for the National Child Labor Committee Source: https://www.shorpy.com/node/15872 The next part of our journey transports us on a cold December day to Briceville, Tennessee – just a hop, skip, andContinue Reading
**Photo Source: Coal Creek Watershed Foundation After the Coal Creek War, coalminers garnered a new respect, reclaimed their jobs and formed unions. Coal companies gained a skilled workforce and restructured the industry better than it was before convict-leasing. Families were relatively happy as normalcy and stability returned. Ten years afterContinue Reading
Photo: Miners Attack Stockade at Coal Creek from Above Harper’s Weekly – Tennessee Virtual Archive A city in East Tennessee rests quite unobtrusive and timeless against a misty mountain backdrop. Historic architecture lines the old main street that once felt the drumbeat of a booming industry. Rocky Top wasContinue Reading