Event: Diamonds in the Rough: A History of Alabama's Cahaba Coal Field
Time: Thursday, November 21, 2013, 12- 1pm
Event Type: Lecture Series
Location: Alabama Department of Archives and History
Cost: Free
Event Website: www.archives.alabama.gov
Sponsor: Alabama Department of Archives and History
Contact: 334-353-4726
Info: The Cahaba Coal Field is a mineral-rich area that stretches across sixty-seven miles and four counties in central Alabama. Relatively short-lived, the Cahaba coal-mining operation spanned from discovery in the 1840s through development, boom, and finally bust in the mid-1950s. Join us this month as James S. Day reconstructs the historical moment that defined the Cahaba Coal Field and the diverse people who lived and worked in the district.