Carbonado: The History of a Coal Mining Town in the Foothills of Mount Rainier, 1880-1937

<p>The history of the coal mining town of Carbonado, Washington was studied. Starting from a brief description of the formation and discovery of coal in Western Washington, the fifty-seven year history of active coal mining was covered in this project. Topics included town leadership, coal mining peculiarities in the region, living in a company town, the plight of Chinese workers in the 1880s, and the labor strikes after World War I that led to the eventual closing of the mines. The project ended with a description of life in the town after major coal mining operations ended in 1937. Also included in this project are historical photographs to illustrate the text, and statistical tables in the appendices to describe coal mining in the region.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts (MA)

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

History

Year dc:date.available

1999

Author dc:creator

• Streepy, John Hamilton

Contributors dc:contributor

• Karen Blair
• Earl Glauert
• Nancy Hultquist

• History
• Mount Rainier
• Washington State
• mining
• coal
• coal mining
• mining towns
• Western frontier
• United States History

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/etd/1481

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.cwu.edu:etd-2506