Stories and Special Articles of Bell County
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- Early
Days on the Cumberland Valley Division from L&N Railroad magazine 1916
When steel rails cut through the Cumberland Valley, Bell County’s quiet mountain world was transformed into a
coal-driven industrial frontier.
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Pineville in 1889
In 1889 Pineville sprung to life almost overnight with the arrival of the railroad and the fervent hopes of
its founders, forever altering the fate of Bell County’s mountain town.
- A Light in the Window
A Bell County girl remembers coal camp nights, Depression hardships, and the steady glow of a miner’s lamp that meant her father was safely home.