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An 8 page paper on past history of coal mining/strip-mining and damage done to the land. This piece discusses the entrance of people all over globe, and how that community is rallying to 'live at home' and 'fix the land.' The people and governments and coal mining companies are working together through re-education for new technologies and fixing the land to keep their home. Bibliography lists 12+ sources.
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8 pages (~225 words per page)
File: D0_Appalach.doc
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People raised in the area want to hang onto traditions and homeland, but the economic stability of the region is forcing them into different trains of thought.
Not only do they have to deal with loosing their jobs, but they live with the scarred land left by the mining companies,
but you wont find those people moving away from their homeland. To a community where their homeland is as important as survival, remaining in the area is taking some creative
thinking, and people are working together to make it happen. History and Socio-Economics of Central Appalachia
After the American Revolutionary War, soldiers received land in the Smoky Mountains in lieu of pay. Escaped slaves also moved to the mountains, and the men began marrying
strong and resourceful Cherokee native women. "Among the Cherokee, women had many rights and great power. This native root is one source of Appalachias valiant mountain women." ("This
Land" 1990) The original Scots-Irish settlers moved to the area beginning in the late 1800s with the coming of the railroad and to
work in the timber and coal industries. The coal companies also brought in people from Italy, Germany, Ireland, and Hungary, creating a diverse group of tough people. (Peattie 1943).
Late in the industrial age, the coal mines began automating and replacing entire towns of coal workers with machines. Because of the
numbers left without jobs, most of the population were left in poverty. The land was also devastated by the machinery, sometimes leaving holes as long as a quarter mile
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