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Abandoned Mining Town

Coal Miners and Coal Camps Section 5 of 19

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This photograph shows a town once owned by the Ford Motor Company. The company closed it after the miners tried to join a union. At one time, around 1,000 men worked there. After the town was shut down, people from nearby areas came to take useful items from the empty homes. Photo by Marion Post Wolcott.