Eckley Miners’ Village in Pennsylvania feels like stepping into a piece of living history. It’s a small place tucked deep in ...

Keeping us warm In the early decades of the twentieth century, Midland Lumber and Coal at 112 - 114 5th Street SW supplied local residents with material needed to build homes and businesses, and with ...

The West Virginia Virtual Academy students stepped out from behind the screens to take a step into the past. The kids visited ...

Coal mining is indelibly woven into the fabric of daily life in the mountains of southeast Kentucky, but a decline in the ...

LACKAWANNA COUNTY, Pa. — Pieces of history on the move to Scranton's McDade Park. These artifacts all came from what's left of the Moffat Coal Breaker, an important part of Lackawanna County's coal ...

Jan. 5, 2006— -- Out of one of the toughest and most dangerous jobs in the world have come generations of powerful stories, almost all hinging on life and death and the suspense of waiting. "You ...

Anthracite coal converted this region from agrarian to industrial. The discovery of hard coal — and the discovery by Jesse Fell of how to burn the stuff — spurred booms in the economy and population.

The "Ashland in Autumn" event delighted visitors with mine tours, steam train rides, and live polka music in Schuylkill ...

May 7—When it comes to the coal region, Andrew Salamak believes that one aspect of its history has been unfairly overlooked. Salamak, who worships at St. Michael's Ukrainian Catholic Church in ...

Chris Hacker of Heritage Underground Lighting began exploring caves in his youth and this hobby quickly evolved into an ...