Counties of the Coal Region of Pennsylvania, known for anthracite mining.

Anthracite, or hard coal

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The region's population was 890,121 people as of the most recent census. Many of the names in the region are from the Delaware Indians or Lenapes and Susquehanna native American Indians. The region is home to the largest known deposits of anthracite coal found in the Americas, with an estimated reserve of seven billion short tons (PA DEP Website). It is these deposits that provide the region with its nickname. In the lower Anthracite coal region, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, the discovery of anthracite coal was first made. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... A Sioux in traditional dress including war bonnet, circa 1908. ... Anthracite coal Anthracite is a hard, compact variety of mineral coal that has a high luster. ... Coal Coal (IPA: ) is a fossil fuel formed in swamp ecosystems where plant remains were saved by water and mud from oxidization and biodegradation. ... Schuylkill County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania on the Schuylkill River. ...

Geography

The Region lies north of the Lehigh Valley and Berks County Regions, south of the Endless Mountains, west of the Pocono Mountains, and east of the Susquehanna Valley, though the Susquehanna River passes through the Wyoming Valley located within the coal region in the central Appalachian Mountains. The Wyoming Valley is the most densely populated area of the region, containing the cities of Wilkes-Barre and Scranton. Hazleton and Pottsville are two of the larger cities in the southern portion of the region. The headwaters of the Lehigh and Schuylkill Rivers both lie within the region. Counties comprising the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania The Lehigh Valley (also known simply as The Valley) is a region in eastern Pennsylvania, in the United States. ... Berks County is a county located in the state of Pennsylvania. ... The Endless Mountains are a chain of mountains in northeastern Pennsylvania. ... The Poconos, or the Pocono Mountains region, is a mountainous region of about 2,400 square miles (6,200 km²) located in northeastern Pennsylvania. ... The Susquehanna River is a river in the northeastern United States, approximately 410 mi (715 km) long. ... The Susquehanna River, originally Sasquesahanough as per the 1612 John Smith map, is a river in the northeastern United States. ... A lesser-known Wyoming Valley exists in western New York in Wyoming County, where the valley of Oatka Creek is commonly known as the Wyoming Valley and includes the villages of Wyoming and Warsaw. ... Appalachians in North Carolina The Appalachian Mountains (French: les Appalaches) are a vast system of mountains in eastern North America. ... Wilkes-Barre (pronounced wilkes-berry or wilkes-bear, and most often by non-natives as wilkes-bar) is a city located in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. ... The City of Scranton is the county seat of Lackawanna CountyGR6 in Northeastern Pennsylvania, USA. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 76,415 (2003 estimate: 74,320). ... Hazleton is a city in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. ... Motto: Nickname: Map [[Image:|px|center|Location of Pottsville, Pennsylvania]] Political Statistics Founded 1806 Incorporated February 19, 1828 Schuylkill County Mayor John D. W. Reiley Geographic Statistics Area  - Total  - Land  - Water 10. ... Lehigh River watershed Forest Scene on the Lehigh River in Pennsylvania. ... The Schuylkill River, pronounced SKOO-kull (IPA: ), is a river in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. ...

History and miscellany

Settlement in the region predates the American Revolution, however the discovery of the anthracite coal for which it is named did not occur until the early nineteenth century. Population rapidly grew in the period following the American Civil War, with the expansion of the mining and railroad industries. Polish, Irish, Italian, German, and Russian immigrants formed a large portion of this increase, followed by Welsh, Slovak, Ruthenian, Ukrainian, Hungarian, Slavic, and Lithuanian immigrants. The influence of these immigrant populations is still strongly felt in the region, with various towns possessing pronounced ethnic characters and ethnic food. Combatants United States of America (Union) Confederate States of America (Confederacy) Commanders Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee Strength 2,200,000 1,064,000 Casualties 110,000 killed in action, 360,000 total dead, 275,200 wounded 93,000 killed in action, 258,000 total...

The anthracite mining industry loomed over much of the region until its decline in the 1950s. Strip mines and evidence of mine fires such as the Centralia, Pennsylvania mine fire are still visible throughout much of the area. Several of the more violent incidences in the history of the US labor movement occurred within the coal region as this was the location Lattimer Massacre and the home of the Molly Maguires. This does not cite any references or sources. ... A mine fire is a fire that starts in a coal mine and burns underground. ... Centralia is a borough in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, United States. ... The Lattimer massacre was an incident in which a sheriffs posse killed nineteen unarmed immigrant miners and wounded scores more. ... For the movie, see The Molly Maguires (film). ...

The Knox Mine Disaster in 1959 essentially served as the death knell for deep mining within the region; almost all current anthracite mining is done via strip mining. Tours of a deep mine can be taken in Ashland, Pennsylvania where there is also a museum dedicated to the mining industry. The Knox Mine Disaster was a mining accident that took place in Port Griffith, Pennsylvania, near Pittston, on January 22, 1959 when an anthracite coal mine flooded. ... 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Ashland is a borough located in the Coal Region of Pennsylvania. ...

Also evident are "patch towns", small villages affiliated with a particular mine. These small towns, with populations typically less than 500, were solely owned by the mine; the resident miners were tenants, the general store was owned by the mining concern, and police were mine employees whose most prominent charge was to protect the coal from theft by the residents. Though no longer company owned, many such hamlets survive; one of them, the Eckley Miners' Village, is a historical park owned and administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, which seeks to restore patch towns to their original state. The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) owns, operates and maintains numerous historical and cultural sites located throughout Pennsylvania. ...

Famous people from the Coal Region

• Joe Biden - U.S. Senator.
• David Bohm - quantum physicist.
• Ben Burnley - lead singer of rock band Breaking Benjamin.
• George Catlin - artist.
• P. J. Carlesimo, professional basketball coach, San Antonio Spurs.
• Robert P. Casey, former Governor of Pennsylvania.
• Bob Casey, Jr., U.S. Senator.
• Stan Coveleski, Major League Baseball Hall of Fame member
• Anthony P. Damato - United States Marine, Medal of Honor recipient.
• Jimmy Dorsey - jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, big band leader.
• Tommy Dorsey- jazz trombonist, big band leader.
• Ellen Albertini Dow - actress, The Wedding Singer's Rapping Granny
• Ham Fisher - cartoonist.
• Alexander Joseph Foley - United States Marine, Medal of Honor recipient.
• Howard Gardner - scientist, author.
• James M. Gavin - Lieutenant General, United States Army.
• Jane Jacobs - sociologist, author.
• Russell Johnson - actor.
• Paul E. Kanjorski - Member of Congress.
• Jean Kerr - author.
• Eddie Korbich - actor, The Drowsy Chaperone, Seussical, Carousel
• Matthew Lesko - infomercial personality.
• Edward B. Lewis - Nobel Prize-winning scientist.
• Christy Mathewson - former professional baseball player, New York Giants (now the San Francisco Giants).
• Joseph L. Mankiewicz - film director, producer, and screenwriter.
• Richard Marcinko - Navy seal, author.
• Mary McDonnell - actress.
• Gerry McNamara - college basketball player, Syracuse University.
• Jason Miller - Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, actor.
• Mike Munchak, professional football coach, Tennessee Titans, former professional football player, Houston Oilers.
• Jozef Murgaš - radio pioneer.
• Amedeo Obici - founder of Planters Peanuts Company.
• John O'Hara - author.
• Jack Palance - actor.
• William Daniel Phillips - Nobel Prize-prize winning scientist.
• Darryl Ponicsan - author, screenwriter.
• Robert Reich - former U.S. Secretary of Labor.
• Paul W. Richards - former astronaut.
• Conrad Richter - author.
• Hugh Rodham - father of U.S. Senator and former First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton.
• Victor Schertzinger - composer, film director, film producer and screenwriter.
• William Scranton - former Governor of Pennsylvania, U. S. Ambassador to the United Nations, and 1964 U.S. Presidential candidate.
• William Scranton, III - former Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania, two-time gubernatorial candidate.
• Bob Sura - Houston Rockets NBA basketball player.
• John Anthony Walker - spy for the Soviet Union.
• Ed Walsh - former professional baseball player, Chicago White Sox.

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Jack Palance, (born Volodymyr Palanyuk (Ukr: Володимир Паланюк))on February 18, 1919, in Hazle Township, Pennsylvania, USA), is an Academy Award-winning American actor. ... Photograph of William Daniel Phillips William Daniel Phillips (born November 5, 1948 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania) is an American physicist. ... Nobel Prize medal. ... Darryl Ponicsan is a writer, best known as the author of the 1971 novel The Last Detail, which was adapted into a 1973 movie starring Jack Nicholson; and for the 1973 novel and screenplay Cinderella Liberty, starring James Caan. ... Robert Bernard Reich (born June 24, 1946) was the twenty-second United States Secretary of Labor, serving under President Bill Clinton from 1993 to 1997. ... NAME: Paul William Richards NASA Astronaut (former) PERSONAL DATA: Born May 20, 1964 in Scranton, Pennsylvania. ... 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See also

• Eckley Miners' Village
• Franklin B. Gowen, president of the Reading Railroad who served as the lead prosecutor in the trial to break up the Molly Maguires.
• Mahanoy
• Mahantongo
• Major coal producing regions
• Schuylkill canal
• Hazleton

Eckley Miners Village in eastern Pennsylvania is an anthracite coal mining patch town located near Hazleton, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania in the United States. ... Franklin Benjamin Gowen (February 9, 1836 – December 13, 1889) served as president of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad (also known by the abbreviated name, the Reading Railroad) in the 1870s. ... 1923 map The Reading Company (AAR reporting marks RDG), usually called the Reading Railroad, and officially known as the Philadelphia and Reading Rail Road and then the Philadelphia and Reading Railway until 1924, operated in southeast Pennsylvania and neighboring states. ... For the movie, see The Molly Maguires (film). ... Pronounced MOCK-anoy City, or MA-noy This is a disambiguation page — a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ... Mahantongo is an early American Indian name meaning where we had plenty of meat to eat or was so designated by the Delaware Indians Lenape as plenty of meat or good hunting grounds. ... World coal producers and consumers. ... Schuykill River drainage map // History The Schuylkill Canal, and Schuylkill River Navigation The Schuylkill Canal opened in 1825 as part of the Schuylkill Navigation Company’s series of canals and canal locks along the Schuylkill River. ... Hazleton is the name of several places in the United States: Hazleton in Indiana Hazleton in Iowa Hazleton in Pennsylvania This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

External links

Anthracite

• The Anthracite Coal region
• Map of the anthracite coal fields of Pennsylvania
• History of anthracite coal mining
• Abandoned Anthracite Mines in PA
• Abandoned Mine Research

Mine Disaster

• Knox Mine Disaster

The Knox Mine Disaster was a mining accident that took place in Port Griffith, Pennsylvania, near Pittston, on January 22, 1959 when an anthracite coal mine flooded. ...

Coal Region

• Coalregion.com
• Coal Region Picture Gallery
• Coal town, Coal talk

History of Anthracite or "The Coal Region"

• History
• The Mine Country

Molly Maguires

• Brief history of the Molly Maguires
• Molly Maguire information
• The hand print that never goes away on the jail wall, proclaiming innocence, before being hung

Northern anthracite coal region

• "A Jewel In the Crown of Old King Coal Eckley Miners' Village" by Tony Wesolowsky, Pennsylvania Heritage Magazine, Volume XXII, Number 1 - Winter 1996
• A website with extensive detail on and a virtual tour of Eckley

Porter Tunnel Mine Disaster

• Porter Tunnel Mine Disaster Kocher Coal Company Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania March 1,1977 (9 Killed)

Contemporary Coal Region Culture

• My Coal Country Photo Project

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