By Mitch Troutman (Photo from the 1934 Minneapolis Truckers’ Strike) Writing the Bootleg Coal Rebellion involved reading roughly 5,000 unique…
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Everything is Green Now
By Mitch Trouthman It’s happening again. A few months ago, Talon Energy announced it is building a bitcoin mining facility…
The Women Were Always In On It
By Mitch Troutman The subtitle “The Pennsylvania Miners Who Seized an Industry” might lead you to believe that The Bootleg…
Long-buried history: Bootleg coal mining in Depression era chronicled in new book by area native
Feature in The Republican Herald More about the book: Told with great intimacy and compassion, The Bootleg Coal Rebellion uncovers…
Standing Down the Police
By Mitch TroutmanBootlegCoal In 1935 the coal bootleggers were feeling strong. They were unionized and had just defeated a series…
How to Learn if Your Family Bootlegged Coal
By Mitch TroutmanBootlegCoal Five+ years ago when I started this book, I thought my only connection to the bootleg miners…
We Love Our Schuylkill Nurses — So Should LVHN!
By George Maroukis and Mitch Troutman anthraciteunite.com May 6th, 2021 How many dishes can a waitress carry? How many students…