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The 4th and 5th graders at Lake City Elementary School were treated to a lesson on the Welsh and coal mining history of Coal Creek in preparation for corresponding with their Sister-Schools in Wales. | |
The Welsh were well represented during the history lesson at Lake City Elementary School today. Students and teachers with surnames like Price, Evans, Jenkins, Richards, Williams, Meredith, Phillips, Harris, and Owen learned about the Welsh coal miners and iron workers with similar surnames and others who helped rebuild East Tennessee after the Civil War and form Coal Creek’s early history. |
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After the history lesson, students wanted to know if they
have a Welsh surname or if they might be related to one of the miners who
died in the Fraterville and Cross Mountain Mine disasters. Lists were
provided to help them answer those questions as shown below.
(Photo to Left) |
Welsh surnames at www.amlwchdata.co.uk/welsh_names_and_meaning.htm. Fraterville Mine disaster victims at www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/3415/FMDlist.html. Cross Mountain Mine disaster victims at www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/4916/CrossMtnExpl.html. After the presentation, Lake City Mayor Buck Wilson took a poll, asking how many students thought the name of the town should be changed back to Coal Creek. The vote appeared to be unanimous in favor of the change! Click on image to enlarge: |
Briceville School 4th and 5th graders history lesson |
Coal Creek Eisteddfod Literary Competition, May 2005 |
Courier News article about Sister-Schools -- 16 March 2005 |
Coal Creek Sister-Schools in Wales |
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