Marsha Waggoner, Author at Kentucky Genealogical Society

Loading Sixteen Tons: Tracing Your Kentucky Coal Mining Ancestors

by Marsha Waggoner | 7 Mar 2023 | Genealogy Tips, Occupations

Was He a Coal Miner? Along with tobacco, racehorses, and bourbon, coal has long been part of the defining narrative of Kentucky’s history. Serious coal mining in Kentucky had its modest beginning in 1820 with the opening of a commercial mine in Muhlenberg County, but...

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