Скачать или смотреть Moonville, Ohio - an abandoned coal mining town (1856-1947)

Author William Cullen being interviewed by Erin Laviola on WOUB
Haunted Moonville -    • Ghosts of Columbus: Haunted Moonville  

Moonville Rail Trail - http://www.moonvillerailtrail.com/ Map: http://www.moonvillerailtrail.com/map...

http://www.anincidentatmoonville.com/
History of Moonville, Ohio (February 2010) - http://www.amazon.com/dp/1450035655/
An Incident at Moonville: The Conductor's Revenge (December 2008) - http://www.amazon.com/dp/143635210X

Maps
http://tinyurl.com/moonville-ohio
http://www.forgottenoh.com/Moonville/...

Moonville is in Vinton County along the Raccoon Creek in the densest wooded area in Ohio. Established in 1856 by the landower (and named after it grocer Mr. Moon), Moonville (Maximum population of about 100) was a mining town along the Marietta - Cincinnati Railroad (The first through-train from Cincinnati ran on April 9, 1857.) The coal mined in Moonville was used to supply the many furnaces in the area including the Hope Furnace. Moonville reached its peak in the 1870s, and totally disappeared by the 1930s with the exception of the Moonville Tunnel and the Moonville Cemetery. The railroad ceased operation sometime in 1988, and the tunnel has stood abandoned since. (More) http://www.ohioexploration.com/moonvi...

It is estimated that by 1920 alone, 5 or 6 people lost their lives on the bridges or within the tunnel. The last fatality was in 1986, when a 10 year old girl was struck by a CSX locomotive on that trestle directly in front of the tunnel. Trains continued to run until the line was abandoned and the rails pulled up in 1988.

1970s train in the tunnel
http://www.forgottenoh.com/Moonville/...
After the tracks were removed
http://www.forgottenoh.com/Moonville/...
http://www.forgottenoh.com/Moonville/...
Today
http://www.forgottenoh.com/Moonville/...

Moonville Tunnel
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Wierd Ohio (January 2006) - http://www.amazon.com/dp/1402733828/

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Vinton County (414 sq. miles of land and one of water) continues as the least populated county in Ohio. Currently, there are four villages (2000 Census populations: 1,888, 871, 375 and151) and three unicorporated communities.
Map of public lands in Vinton County: http://www.athenstrails.org/maps/vint...

Census of 2000: 12,806 people, 4,892 households, and 3,551 families; density was 31 people per square mile. The racial makeup of the county was 98.1% White, Historical populations: 1850 9,353 - 1860 13,631 - 1870 15,027 - 1880 17,223 - 1890 16,045 - 1900 15,330 - 1910 13,096 - 1920 12,075 - 1930 10,287 - 1940 11,573 - 1950 10,759 - 1960 10,274 - 1970 9,420

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   • A Forest Returns   (1:46 minutes)
Ora Anderson, 93, was a journalist living in Southeastern Ohio during the Great Depression. He recalls the conditions and events he witnessed that led to the establishment of the Wayne National Forest and our evolving relationship with the land.