Barthell

County:

Companies:

Camp Status:

Begin Year: 
1905
End Year: 
1958
Post Office Address/Status: 
Operated 1905-1953
Oral Histories: 

(1991-1993) Barthell Coal Company (McCreary County) Oral History Project. 17 interviews. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY: http://www.kentuckyoralhistory.org/series/18733/barthell-coal-company-mc...

Publications: 

McBride, Kim A. (1993) A Background Archival and Oral Historical Study of the Barthell Coal Camp, McCreary County, Kentucky. Program for Cultural Resource Assessment, University of Kentucky. Report on file at The Office of State Archaeology, Lexington, KY.

Web Links: 

http://www.coaleducation.org/coalhistory/coaltowns/seco.htm

Coordinates: 
Latitude: 36.687740000000
Longitude: -84.528310000000
Notes: 

The Barthell coal camp has been reconstructed based on the archaeological and oral historical work of Dr. Kim McBride of the University of Kentucky.  The Kogers Bathell Mining Town runs the town as a museum, and their website can be found here: http://www.barthellcoalcamp.com/  

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