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The town of Nemacolin AKA Buckeye




Old Side from the air

Old Side from Above




Hill Top Tavern

Hill Top Tavern










Nemacolin Timeline: 1917 - 2020


Nemacolin: The Mine-The Community, 1917-1950 by Robert Korcheck


Nemacolin Grade School in 1946

Nemacolin Grade School in 1946


Exaggerated Nemacolin

Exaggerated Nemacolin Elevations





Nemacolin, PA Topographic Map

Nemacolin, PA Topographic Map


Rock Near House #846

Rock at Top of Mine Road Looking Down at River


2010 Census Data



Index to the 1959 Cumberlander



Nemacolin Map with accurate house numbers



Our Lady of Consolation



Coal Iron Police article


Nemacolin from the air

Nemacolin from the air






It's been a long time, since I been home.
It's been a long time, since I been home.
It's been a long time, since I been home.
And I a'int goin soon
No, I a'int goin back soon.

I was born in a coal camp, stars at my head 
And mountains as far as I could see.
Got to work every day
And I made a big pay
There was honey in the horn for me, 

And the coal dust blows, like a dark summer snow,
but I don't hear the roar of the tipple any more
or the whine of the trucks on the line.

Now the town's all gone, 
It's gone away.
The town's all gone,
It's gone away.
Now the town's all gone, 
It's gone away.
The people are straw, the wind has blowed away.

I was born in the holler that was lonesome and long,
And the sun didn't shine all the day
But the banjoes in the night and the stars big light
Was pleasures that I wanted to stay.
How could anybody know ?
That the next year or so,
We would all be a wanderin over mountain and plain
Tryin to plant our roots again.

It's been a long time, since I been home.
It's been a long time, since I been home.
It's been a long time, since I been home.
And I ain't goin soon;
No, I ain't goin back soon.