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Carbonado Company Store, 1896; Carbonado, Iowa; Mahaska County

Carbonado Company Store, 1896; Carbonado, Iowa; Mahaska County

Title

Carbonado Company Store, 1896; Carbonado, Iowa; Mahaska County

Description

This is a photograph of the Carbonado Company Store in 1896. Since Carbonado was a coal mining community, company stores like the one pictured here received almost all of its business from the men's families that were working in the mines. When the work in the mines was up, the company store was one of the first businesses to go. Carbonado, like so many other communities in Mahaska County, virtually disappeared overnight when the coal mining industry dissipated in the county. Coal mining employees went elsewhere to find work to support their families.

Creator

H. Kirk Watkins

Source

Historical Archives

Publisher

The Times Company

Date

2008-07-24

Rights

www.nelsonpioneer.org

Format

still image/jpeg

Type

image

Identifier

Mahaska County Historical Society
http://cdm16125.contentdm.oclc.org/u?/p270701coll6,122

Collection