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Longfield Cemetery in Rocky Top, Tennessee: Final Resting Place for Miners Killed in Fraterville Disaster. May 19, 1902, was a date that will be forever remembered in the Rocky Top (formerly Coal Creek) area of Tennessee. The Fraterville Mine Disaster ended the life of 216 coal miners, leaving scores of widows and children without fathers. This video shows the Longfield Cemetery where many of these men are buried these days - including Jacob Vowell, whose dying letter to his wife is a tear-jerki

Visit the Coal Creek Miners Museum in Rocky Top, Tennessee and learn the history of the convict lease system in Tennessee and the rich history of the miners that lived, worked and died in the area. #coalmining #blackhistorymonth #tnhistory #history #adventureandersoncounty #tnvacation #historymuseum | Adventure Anderson County