The Great Buxton
Miners with mule-drawn cart
Southern Iowa coal mine
Central Iowa coal mine
River Barge Transporting Coal
Sectional and Geological Map of Iowa, 1856
Four Coal Miners in 1910
Coal Mining With Child Labor
Iowa Soldiers, World War I
Public Housing for Miners
Buxton: Racial harmony in an Iowa coal mining town
Coal Mining Towns
Coal Workers Unionize
River Barge Transporting Coal
Time Frame: 2004
Barges transport coal and grain down the Mississippi River in 2004. The Alter Company, organized by Frank R. Alter in Davenport in 1916, is still operating. The company has terminals in New Orleans, St. Paul, La Crosse, and at its main base in Davenport, Iowa. 2004.
Photo by Cory Heintz
Photo courtesy of the Iowa Department of Transportation
Photo courtesy of the Iowa Department of Transportation
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