Description: Images Of America Centralia, PA Columbia County Pennsylvania Deryl B. Johnson Softcover 128 Pages Images of America: Centralia chronicles many of the images and stories from this fascinating and colorful Pennsylvania community. Centralia is the saga of a Pennsylvania community consumed by an underground mine fire. The town, founded in 1866, has often been embroiled in tragedy and controversy. Beginning with the infamous Molly Maguires, Centralia was confronted with the murder of its founder and an assault upon its Catholic priest, who cursed the town, saying, "One day this town will be erased from the face of the earth." Almost one hundred years later, a vein of coal that ran underneath the town caught fire and has burned since 1962. In the 1990s, the state of Pennsylvania declared eminent domain and forced most of the town's sixteen hundred residents to leave. Ten people remain in Centralia today. Coal Coal Mining Miners Fire Destruction Death Abandoned --- Condition: Good - some wear to cover and corners - see pictures See more American History books and items in our Ebay Store! Note: We ship once a week
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Location: Pipersville, Pennsylvania
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Book Title: Centralia
Item Length: 9.2in.
Item Height: 0.3in.
Item Width: 6.5in.
Author: Deryl B. Johnson
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), Subjects & Themes / Historical, Pictorials (See Also Photography / Subjects & Themes / Regional)
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Publication Year: 2004
Genre: Photography, Travel, History
Item Weight: 0.7 Oz
Number of Pages: 128 Pages
