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Drive Thru History with Dave Stotts: in this clip from our American Holiday show, learn the history of Labor Day with Dave! West Virginia is coal mining country. After the railroad companies started carving routes through the Appalachian Mountains, coal mining really took off in the state between 1880 and 1900. New communities popped up throughout the region as immigrants from Europe and African Americans from the South poured into West Virginia for jobs and better lives for their families. The
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95K views · 4.5K reactions | A lavender farm in West Virginia is restoring land destroyed by coal mining and providing jobs in a state struggling as the fossil fuel energy is on its way out. There are over 6 million acres of abandoned coal mines across the US, and more could go to waste if coal companies don’t restore their land.#farming #lavender #environmentalism | Insider Science | Facebook
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114K views · 1.3K reactions | The Pocahontas Fuel Company, in West Virginia/ Virginia, was the largest producer of semi-bituminous smokeless coal in the world. Here’s a historic look inside one of the 45 mines the company operated. #history #usa #abandoned | Underground Birmingham | Facebook
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