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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1X9D_ghosts-of-convict-miners-historical_Rocky-Top-TN.html
In 1877, convicts replaced striking Welsh miners in the Knoxville Iron and Coal Company Mine, located in the hollow to the south. Prison records show that 131 convict miners died there from 1877 to 1893, while others were caught igniting methane g…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1X9C_fort-anderson-historical_Rocky-Top-TN.html
The Tennessee National Guard built Fort Anderson on Militia Hill in 1892 to restore order during the Coal Creek War. The fort is located off Vowell Mountain Road, and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
According to the Tennesse…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1X9B_why-miners-fought-historical_Rocky-Top-TN.html
Agricultural land in the region was owned and being farmed by 1880. Younger sons of farmers sought opportunities in mining, learning new job skills from experienced Welsh miners. Mining also offered opportunities for African-Americans who comprise…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1X9A_coal-creek-war-historical_Rocky-Top-TN.html
Welsh miners from the Knoxville Iron and Coal Company began mining coal at the foot of this hill in 1867, but were replaced by convict laborers during a strike in 1877. After convicts were brought to a mine in Briceville in July 1891, miners and b…
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After the Civil War, southern states leased convicts to private industry to cope with a growing number of convicts and dwindling state budgets. The system degenerated to where primarily young African-Americans were being arrested and forced to wor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1X6W_the-tva-system-of-multi-purpose-dams-historical_Rocky-Top-TN.html
The Tennessee River has its headwaters in the mountains of Tennessee, Virginia, North Carolina and Georgia. The main stream forms at Knoxville, where the Houston and the French Broad Rivers join.
The valley, 41,000 square miles in area, receive…