The Coal Miners of Frostburg

May 15, 2026

I am taking a vacation… so I thought. I am staying at my son’s house in Frostburg, Maryland, dog-sitting. Today I decided to visit a trail to walk, and before I knew it, I was at the coal miners’ memorial staring at 712 names on plaques and details about each of their deaths. The written names wound through a made-up snake wall made of what looked like coal. At first, I thought, ok, here are a few names. Let me clear them. Then more names appeared, then more then I looked ahead, and the mine trail snaked all the way up the little trail with name after name after name… I stood at each plaque and cleared the names. By the time I was done, I could feel each name coming into awareness and standing on the trail… like they just woke up… read more >

Old Ben Coal Corporation 1875 Vintage Men's T-Shirt

Description The Old Ben Coal Corporation was formed in 1875 as the Wilmington Star Coal Mining Company, but was renamed in 1912 in honor of Benjamin Franklin and Franklin County, Illinois, by DeWitt Buchanan. Old Ben originally sold their Old Ben brand of carbon, pea, and furnace coals, but eventually purchased the Chr

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