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Language
English
Abstract
Typed 23 page manuscript history of the McDowell County coal mining communities of Caretta and Coalwood by Homer Hickam, the
author of Rocket Boys. Caretta and Coalwood were started early in the twentieth century as coal camps by the mine operator
George L. Carter. The fortunes of both towns represent the economic cyclical nature of mining throughout the twentieth century
reflective of many coal field communities within the state.
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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], McDowell County, Caretta and Coalwood, History, A&M 3337, West Virginia
and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
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