Coal Creek War
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The Coal Creek War was an early 1890s armed labor uprising in the southeastern United States that took place primarily in Anderson County, Tennessee. This labor conflict ignited during 1891 when coal
Coal Creek emerging from its Walden Ridge water gap in Rocky Top.
Entrance to the Knoxville Iron Company mine near Coal Creek, photographed by Lewis Wickes Hine in 1910.
Convicts placed on railroad cars by striking miners for transport out of the Coal Creek valley.
Drawing in Harper's Weekly showing miners gathered at Thistle Switch on July 16, 1891.
Coal Wars
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The Coal Wars were a series of armed labor conflicts in the United States, roughly between 1890 and 1930. Although they occurred mainly in the East, particularly in Appalachia, there was a significant
Coal Creek War
…Coal Creek War Part of the Coal Wars Key locations during the Coal Creek War Date April 1891 – August 1892 Location Tennessee, United States Goals End convict leasing by coal companies…
Tennessee miners attacking Fort Anderson during the Coal Creek War in 1892.