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Deep in coal country, pondering future without it
This was posted by Brigid in Good Reads - http://www.democraticunderground.com/1016108536#post2
It links to a USA Today article (http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2014/12/06/coal-mining-future/20003199/) about how the decline of coal in Appalachia is affecting Harlan County (KY).
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King hollow (my name sake is there, right off of old highway 421). My family settled in Harlan County in 1792 before it was even a county and developed a community now called sunshine which is between the now city of Harlan & Cawood.
To see this area now just makes me want to cry. My Grandparents are buried on a hill overlooking Sunshine. When the coal is gone, the town will be gone.
This is from a fellow from a neighboring town (Pineville).
Jimmy ended up taking 3rd place in "America's got talent" 2013.
Here's to you Jimmy.
