In the tumultuous year of 1877, a magazine correspondent visited Mauch Chunk to document life in the Coal Region.
“Among the Coal Mines” – A trip into the Coal Region in 1877
An 1850s birds-eye view of Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania
James Fuller Queen sketched a scene of the Carbon County mining and shipping hub on the Lehigh River before the Civil War.
A New York Times reporter documents the turbulent situation in the Coal Region – 1863
In the spring of 1863, a journalist documented the chaotic and changing situation in the Coal Region as the Civil War raged on.
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