Cars, trucks, marching bands and floats all paid homage to the area’s coal mining heritage at Saturday’s annual King Coal Parade in Carmichaels. It was the close of the 70th annual King Coal Festival, which began the Saturday before and continued throughout the week with baby contests, a ...
On a sunny 90-degree day, the grounds behind the Carmichaels & Cumberland Township Volunteer Fire Department station were shrouded in a fine mist Sunday. The reason: the Battle of the Barrel, back at the King Coal Show for the second year after a lengthy absence. Teams from departments in ...
Continuing a tradition that started in 1953, the King Coal Show will bring people from the area to celebrate Southwestern Pennsylvania’s coal mining history. This is the 70th year for the annual festival, which runs from Aug. 16-23. “Our area was built on the backs of coal miners,” ...
In 1953, a few Carmichael residents partnered with organizations in the area to create a festival that would bring attention to the coal industry and the hard working miners who support it. One year later, The King Coal Association, which will hold its weeklong show Aug. 17-24, was ...
For the past 42 years, Brice and Linda Rush have been collecting, displaying, storing and archiving everything related to the coal industry. From union labor memorabilia to rare hard hat stickers to the original login records of area coal mines, the Carmichaels couple has gathered an ...
