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Coal cars needed to transport coal from the mines could get in short supply when demand was high, the railroads being an integral part of the coal mining industry.
“The switch crews in the Santa Fe-Frisco yards are very busy. The output of coal is enormous, and keeps them making up trains night and day.”
Source: The Pittsburg Smelter, Saturday, 2 August 1890, Vol. XI, No. 31.
Born in 1944 at the old Mt. Carmel Hospital, Pittsburg, Jerry D. Lomshek has been a lifelong resident of Crawford County and the Chicopee area. The grandson of a Slovene immigrant coal miner, he became interested in history at a young age, and began researching family and local history at the age of 14. This being a lifelong passion, he has amassed a mammoth amount of local historical data over the years. He has lectured and written several manucripts concerning the history of Southeast Kansas. From his service in the Navy, and as a registered nurse, he spent 45 years involved in various aspects of health care. Since retiring, he has devoted his time to further local historical research and various community involvement.
