MORGAN COUNTY, TENNESSEE MINES, MINE DISASTERS AND OIL WELLS Information gleaned from past issues of the MORGAN COUNTY PRESS AND MORGAN COUNTY NEWS AND OTHER PLACES January 1916 Twelve miners were killed in an explosion of mine #3 of the Dar Dour Coal & Coke Co. at Catoosa. Seventy Five men were in the mines. All escaped except those… Continue reading Mines & Oil Wells Disasters
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Communities of the Past
COMMUNITIES OF THE PAST BINGHAM’S CHAPEL Bingham’s chapel was located about 2 1/2 miles west of Oakdale on what is now known as the Snow Hill Road area. Several families lived in this community. These families included the Whaleys, Engerts, Binghams, Snows, Robinson, Cromwell, Fairchilds and more. There was a building used as a church… Continue reading Communities of the Past