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Peabody was a post office in Clay County, Kentucky, United States that served coal mining and lumber company lands bought by Francis Peabody of Peabody Energy and eventually ended up as part of a national forest. [2] It closed in 1982. [2] The Red Bird Purchase Unit Ranger Station is located at Peabody. [3]
The West Kentucky Coal Field, alternatively The North Pennyrile or simply Northwest Kentucky, comprises an area in the west-central and northwestern part of the state, bounded by the Dripping Springs Escarpment and the Pennyroyal Plateau and the Ohio River, but is part of the Illinois Basin that extends into Indiana and Illinois. [1]
The Peabody-Fordson Historic District, at 91 Peabody Road, south of Big Creek in Clay County, Kentucky, is a historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017. [1] It is also known as the Redbird Ranger Office Complex.
Here’s a look at some of the worst coal disasters in Kentucky history. 1917: No. 7 mine explosion in Webster County kills 62 men. On the morning of Aug. 4, 1917, ...
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Coal was discovered in Kentucky in 1750. Since the first commercial coal mine opened in 1820 coal has gained both economic importance and controversy regarding its environmental consequences. As of 2010 there were 442 operating coal mines in the state, [1] and as of 2017 there were fewer than 4,000 underground coalminers. [2]
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Echols is an unincorporated community and coal town located in Ohio County, Kentucky, United States. It was also known as Pink Hall. The town extends north from Paradise, and also north from the Peabody Wildlife Management which used to be coal mines. Echols was established as a coal town in 1874 and named for the mine owner. [2]