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WHEN COAL WAS KING: Wellington Train Disaster

Wellington was a small railroad town situated near the summit of the Cascade Mountain range about four miles west of Stevens Pass.  In late...

When Coal Was King: BD Soccer Team 1916

At the conclusion of the Super Bowl, the traditional football season comes to an end. But among many of Black Diamond’s immigrant miners back...

WHEN COAL WAS KING: Black Diamond School 1908-1914

This school and the one that preceded it are a testament to how education was honored in the early coal-mining communities of Washington. After...

WHEN COAL WAS KING: Scatter Creek Bridge, 1965 

Record-breaking rain events during the winter of 1964-65 caused widespread flooding up and down the West Coast.  The upper White River basin experienced severe...

WHEN COAL WAS KING: Morganville Wood Bridge c. 1910 

On Morgan Street in Black Diamond, about halfway between the cemetery and Old Town, this long bridge once spanned a small stream called Ginder...

WHEN COAL WAS KING: White River Railroad Bridge, 1905 

Between Enumclaw and Buckley runs a mighty waterway, the White River, so named due to its milky color.  It flows about 75 miles from...

WHEN COAL WAS KING: Pacific Mutual Fuels was owned by B.R. “Boots” Christiansen and Frank Schnider

These days, telephoning some local company to deliver fuel to heat your home sounds downright quaint.  Even more bizarre would be to hear a...

WHEN COAL WAS KING: 1940 photo of Griffin Fuel’s operations

Over the past several weeks, this column has examined the evolution of residential heating with a series of photos featuring the Bell Fuel and...

WHEN COAL WAS KING: Bell Fuel Company, 1954

The Great Depression began in August 1929 after the rapid economic expansion of the Roaring Twenties ended.  The October 1929 stock market crash plus...

WHEN COAL WAS KING: Bell Fuel Co. in 1952

Cold winter weather reminds us why keeping warm has historically been a struggle, now generally forgotten in this modern era of central heating within...
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