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Jewish immigrants in the coalfields

Jewish immigrants in the coalfields

Posted on September 25, 2019Author molliececilPosted in Coal, ImmigrantsLeave a Reply

When the mines opened in West Virginia, at first there was no way to get coal from the mines to the industrial centers of the East Coast. In came the railroads, hauling away the coal and coke. The railroads not only took coal out, but brought people and goods in. A lot of these people…

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