Tennessee’s Great Copper Basin (Images of America)
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| Rating | : | 4.61 (807 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B071JW52DC |
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| Number of Pages | : | 576 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-07-07 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
By 1854, the first shafts had been sunk, and 28 mining companies had been incorporated for the purpose of exploring the possible wealth of the Ducktown district. This book, illustrated with photographs gathered from the scrapbooks and attics of their descendants, tells their story.. In 1843, the discovery of copper in Tennessee’s far southeastern corner sparked a transformation in the isolated area known to geologists as the Ducktown Basin. For generations to come, the families of mine captains from Cornwall, executives and engineers from the industrial North, emigrants from Europe and the Middle East, miners drawn by the promise of jobs, and farmers who had bought land for pennies an acre in the 1830s would sit side by side in the same small churches and send their children to the same small schools. In the process, they would create a kind of culture that few small Southern communities had ever seen
. About the Author Freelance writer Harriet Frye was born in the Tennessee Copper Company hospital in Copperhill and grew up in the Great Copper Basin during the boom years of the 1940s and 1950s. She currently serves as secretary of the Ducktown Basin Museum Board of Directors
Freelance writer Harriet Frye was born in the Tennessee Copper Company hospital in Copperhill and grew up in the Great Copper Basin during the boom years of the 1940s and 1950s. . She currently serves as secretary of the Ducktown Basin Museum Board of Directors
"History, mining, Appalachia" according to dfi. Lots of photos and history in this well-researched and well-written book. Harriet Frye grew up in the Copper Basin area of Tennessee, so she has first-hand knowledge of the community there and a love for its history. There something compelling about mining communities and the way they've brought people from various cultures together to create a close-knit town with distinctive characteristics. If you like American and Appalachian h. I think this book is put together nicely. But I also think it is over priced Lewis T. Hill Jr. I think this book is put together nicely . But I also think it is over priced for a paper back binding. Nancy said Enjoyed Old Photos. I grew up in the Copper Basin area and enjoyed seeing all the old photos! Ms. Frye did an excellent job in arranging the photos and giving information of who were in the pictures and the time frame. I thoroughly enjoyed reading about Copper Mining before I was born!