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Eckley Miners' Village in eastern Pennsylvania is an anthracite coal mining patch town located in Foster Township, Pennsylvania. Since 1970, Eckley has been owned and operated as a museum by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission .
Eckley Brinton Coxe (June 4, 1839 – May 13, 1895) was an American mining engineer, coal baron, state senator and philanthropist from Pennsylvania. [1] He was a co-founder of the Coxe Brothers and Company coal mining operation which became the largest producer of anthracite coal in the United States at the time.
Between 1845 and 1846, Birkbeck built a highway through South Heberton, Eckley Miners' Village, and Buck Mountain; it was known as Buck Mountain Road. Eckley was then known as Shingletown, as the chief industry there was the production of shingles.
Mar. 27—The Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission announced that it will begin welcoming visitors to state-owned historic sites and museums, including The State Museum of Pennsylvania, on ...
The nonprofit Underground Miners organization of anthracite coal mine ... Aug. 12—SCRANTON — The oldest tourist mine in Pennsylvania is now also the newest. The Brooks Mine, a model mine in ...
James Wong Howe and Samantha Eggar on set of The Molly Maguires Coal cracker in Eckley Miners' Village, a prop for The Molly Maguires. The Molly Maguires is a 1970 American historical drama film directed by Martin Ritt, starring Sean Connery and Richard Harris. [2] It is based on the 1964 book Lament for the Molly Maguires by Arthur H. Lewis. [3]
Today, 6 million American children live with food allergies, and young Asian Americans like Wong’s son, now in college, are 40% more likely to develop one compared to the general population.
Eckley Miners' Village near Hazleton, and the Lackawanna Coal Mine Tour in Scranton highlight the area's coal mining history, while Steamtown National Historic Site and the Electric City Trolley Museum, both in Scranton, focus on transportation history.