By Mitch Troutman (Photo from the 1934 Minneapolis Truckers’ Strike) Writing the Bootleg Coal Rebellion involved reading roughly 5,000 unique…
The Bootleg Coal Rebellion: The Pennsylvania Miners Who Seized an Industry
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…