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Out of State, Out of Mind
New York makes its waste Pennsylvania’s problem
Headlines Tell the Story
Newspaper clippings can’t tell us everything, but sometimes the headlines are loud and clear.
DIY Coal Dredgers & the Hard Coal Navy 🎬
DIY River Susquehanna Van Wagner Video
Coal could be gathered downstream from the region, so long as you could build your own dredger.
Mahanoy City's Prohibition Pipeline
Alcohol Beer Funny Mahanoy City
Bootleg beer flowed in this town–through a secret pipe.
Was It Really a Rebellion?
Let’s break it down by definition.
Book Excerpt 🧨 Pure Audacity
One of the most brazen moments in bootleg coal history, or at least of those parts that were recorded.
Portraits
A collection of unpublished photographs of bootleg miners, 1937.
Q&A with the Battle of Homestead 🎬
The first interview about the book.
The Equalization Movement
Coaldale Equalization Gildea Lansford Nesquehoning New Deal NRA Panther Valley Summit Hill Tamaqua UMW
A massive solidarity movement swept a series of coall towns in the Panther Valley.