Coal Valley is an extinct town in Boone County, in the U.S. state of Iowa. The GNIS classifies it as a populated place. Coal Valley was platted in 1867...
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Coal Valley may refer to: Coal Valley, Illinois Coal Valley, Iowa Coal Valley (Nevada), a valley in Nevada Coal Valley, West Virginia Coal Valley Township...
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The village of Coal Valley is located in both Rock Island County and Henry County in the U.S. state of Illinois. The population was 3,873 at the time...
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of, Mahaska County, Iowa. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, Oskaloosa was a national center of bituminous coal mining. The population...
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ISBN 978-1-58729-759-5. James H. Lees, History of Coal Mining in Iowa, Chapter III of Annual Report, 1908, Iowa Geological Survey, 1909, pages 575–579. Tally...
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Many Iowa coal plants among nation's oldest". Cedar Rapids Gazette. Archived from the original on December 8, 2012. Retrieved November 25, 2009. "Iowa Works...
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a city in Webster County, Iowa, United States. The population was 395 at the time of the 2020 census. Located in a valley, Lehigh is divided in two by...
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of Valley Junction were suffering from the Depression because the railroads were abandoning track there (completed in 1936), and the Keystone Coal Factory...
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The Consolidation Coal Company (BBC) was founded in 1875 in Iowa and purchased by the Chicago and North Western Railroad in 1880 in order to secure a local...
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working a coal seam 12 to 20 inches (30 to 50 cm) thick. The town at that time was described as a mining camp. Unlike the vast majority of Iowa's coal camps...
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This is a list of the 216 operational coal-fired power stations in the United States. Coal generated 16% of electricity in the United States in 2023, an...
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and the Archaeology of a City", Iowa Heritage Illustrated 86(1):12–21. James H. Lees, "History of Coal Mining in Iowa", Chapter III of Annual Report,...
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1884. By 1899, Iowa's coal mines employed 11,029 men to produce almost 5 million tons of coal per year. In 1919, Iowa had about 240 coal mines that between...
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Appanoose County, Iowa, United States. The population was 322 at the time of the 2020 census. At the end of the 19th century, "the valley of Walnut Creek...
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platted in 1893 by the Fraser Coal Company. Within a couple of decades, the coal mines were exhausted. The Boone and Scenic Valley Railroad runs through the...
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explored the Des Moines River valley through this area. In 1842, the Sac and Fox Indians signed a treaty to sell lands in central Iowa to the new settlers known...
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and Scenic Valley Railroad (reporting mark BSVY) is a heritage railroad that operates freight and passenger excursions in Boone County, Iowa. The heritage...
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its name from the coal mines of the area. It began as one of the northernmost coal mining towns in Iowa. Early settlers were mining coal from outcrops along...
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Quad Cities (redirect from Quad Cities, Iowa)
Illinois Blue Grass, Iowa Buffalo, Iowa Cambridge, Illinois Carbon Cliff, Illinois Coal Valley, Illinois Colona, Illinois Eldridge, Iowa Geneseo, Illinois...
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Valley Coal Company in partnership with Alexander Campbell, and the Spring Valley Town Site Co. Backed by the almost unlimited resources of the coal barons...
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eastern Iowa. Recent earthquakes centered in Oklahoma have also been felt in Iowa, but have caused no damage. Historically, Iowa was a significant coal producer...
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the Iowa Herald was issued (today the Oskaloosa Herald). The first tracks of the Des Moines Valley Railroad were laid through the county in 1864. Coal mining...
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The history of coal mining goes back thousands of years, with early mines documented in ancient China, the Roman Empire and other early historical economies...
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Conway, Des Moines, 1896; page 389. Henry Hinds, The Coal Deposits of Iowa, Chapter I of the Iowa Geological Survey Annual Report, 1908, Des Moines, 1909;...
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Moines Valley Railroad through that territory. In the late 19th century, Rippey and Angus, four miles to the southeast, were the centers of coal mining...
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Paradise, Kentucky (section Coal mining town)
bought-up and torn down in 1967 by the Tennessee Valley Authority due to health concerns over the adjacent coal-burning electric plant, Paradise Fossil Plant...
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Loess Hills (category Landforms of Iowa)
Missouri River valley, particularly near the Nebraska cities of Brownville, Rulo, Plattsmouth, Fort Calhoun, and Ponca, and the Iowa cities of Hamburg...
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John Phillip White (category People from Coal Valley, Illinois)
born in Coal Valley, Rock Island County, Illinois in 1870 and went to work in the mines as a teenager before moving with his family to Iowa. He joined...
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mountains or hills to expose thick coal seams underneath. The soil and rock removed is deposited in nearby valleys, hollows and depressions, resulting...
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List of regions of the United States (section Iowa)
Treasure Valley Tualatin Valley Warner Valley Western Oregon Willamette Valley Regions of Pennsylvania include: Allegheny National Forest Coal Region Cumberland...
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