Tag: history

April 3, 2022 THE COAL SPEAKER

HIGHWAY TO THE DANGER ZONE: The fast lane to death on Interstate 81

Life in the fast lane: More troubling news being revealed about this week’s weather related pile up.. And a history of Interstate 81’s often tragic events

March 26, 2022 THE COAL SPEAKER

Guntown goes green: Girardville through history, and the blight of modern times

The history of Girardville is beautiful. Modern times may have blighted a town, but pride is deep.

March 20, 2022 THE COAL SPEAKER

A requiem for a Granny: And we think we know who made her

We think we know the history of Granny, only to be proven wrong but someone else who knows more. But … really we think Rod Shutt made her. A requiem for Granny here. May she rest in peace.

It was fresh after a new attack on our nation, 60 years after Pearl Harbor. More veterans were still alive, they were ready to lament the new brutal deadly day of 9/11 and compare and contrast it to what they lived through, then 60 years prior..