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In the early part of the 20th-century, the area became dependent on the coal industry. According to historian Keith Glass, the Windrock Coal and Coke Company, a subsidiary of the Bessemer Coal, Iron and Land Company of Birmingham, began operating a coal mine near Oliver Springs circa 1904.
Brushy Mountain State Prison, 2009. Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary, last named Brushy Mountain Correctional Complex, (or, unofficially, Brushy) was a maximum-security prison in the community of Petros in Morgan County, Tennessee, operated by the Tennessee Department of Correction.
Baxter said the ATV park would “free up” 120 acres of county-owned land near 20 Mile Bend that was previously set for an off-road vehicle park to build a drag racing complex that would replace ...
In 2004, the trail system again added 100 miles (160 km) of trail, to bring the trail system to 500 miles (800 km), making it the second largest off-highway vehicle trail in the world, second only to the Paiute ATV Trail in Utah. A 2006 expansion plan for the trail system planned for 2,000 miles of trails with suitable facilities and an Off ...
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Sep. 11—Seeing possibilities to attract more tourist money to the region, Lackawanna County officials want to hear from the public about plans to develop a full-blown ATV park. A legal one. A ...
Carnegie State Vehicular Recreation Area is a state park unit of California, U.S., providing off-roading opportunities in the Diablo Range.Located in southern Alameda and San Joaquin counties, it is one of eight state vehicular recreation areas (SVRAs) administered by the California Department of Parks and Recreation.
The southern mouth of the canyon is near the Boysen Dam in Boysen State Park several miles north of, and about half a mile east of, the state park's borders with the Wind River Indian Reservation. The canyon includes a number of homes along the highway and a Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad line.