Lost Buxton (Images of America)
Lost Buxton (Images of America)
Lost Buxton (Images of America)
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<strong>Lost</strong> <strong>Buxton</strong> (<strong>Images</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>America</strong>) (Rachelle Chase) <strong>Buxton</strong>, Iowa, was an unincorporated coal mining town, established by Consolidation Coal Company in 1900. At a time when Jim Crow laws and segregation kept blacks and whites separated throughout the nation, <strong>Buxton</strong> was integrated. African <strong>America</strong>n and Caucasian residents lived, worked, and went to school side by side. The company provided miners with equal housing and equal pay, regardless <strong>of</strong> race, and <strong>of</strong>fered opportunities for African <strong>America</strong>ns beyond mining. Pr<strong>of</strong>essional African <strong>America</strong>ns included a bank cashier, the justice <strong>of</strong> the peace, constables, doctors, attorneys, store clerks, and teachers. Businesses, such as a meat market, a drugstore, a bakery, a music store, hotels, millinery shops, a saloon, and restaurants, were owned by African <strong>America</strong>ns. For 10 years, African <strong>America</strong>ns made up more than half <strong>of</strong> the population. Unfortunately, in the early 1920s, the mines closed, and today, only a cemetery, a few foundations, and some crumbling ruins remain.<br />
<strong>Lost</strong> <strong>Buxton</strong> (<strong>Images</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>America</strong>)
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Author : Rachelle Chase<br />
Pages : 128 pages<br />
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing 2017-01-09<br />
Language : English<br />
ISBN-10 : 1467124389<br />
ISBN-13 : 9781467124386
<strong>Lost</strong> <strong>Buxton</strong> (<strong>Images</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>America</strong>)
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