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Southern Iowa coal mine
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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
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Sectional and Geological Map of Iowa, 1856
Time Frame: 1856
Parker's sectional and geological map of Iowa exhibiting iron, lead, copper, coal and other geological resources. Names of railroads-- completed, in progress and projected-- also were listed. Nathan H. Parker compiled the map using U.S. surveys and "personal reconnoisance." Inset: Map showing the connection between the Iowa and eastern railroads. 1856.
Parker, Nathan H. (Nathan Howe)
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