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