By Keegan, McKenna, and Braden
The first Museum we visited was the Harry W. Meador Jr. Coal Museum. There was a man who had been coal mining for 30 years that showed us around. On the fireplace there were many fake miners made out of clay. There was a couch that had cushions and pillows with designs of miners on it. He showed us some mining tools: mining helmets, flashlight that are worn on the head, chisels, and a hammer to hit on the roof to see if it was solid. There was also a tool used to hold the roof up to make sure it wouldn't fall on them. The lunch bucket that he is holding below was a miner's lunchbox. It had various sections that held different items to eat.
There were lots of pictures of local miners in the museum. One picture had two skeletons carrying a coffin. It said "Who is Going to Die in the Mines Next?"
Outside of the museum were these huge machines used to take coal out of the mine. The rollers on the front were used to grind up dirt and make a passageway.
SouthWest Virginia Museum
By McKenna
The second museum we visited was the Southwest Virginia Museum.
This museum showed what life was like a long time ago in the Appalachian areas. We saw a lot of tools, washing boards, big tubs used for washing clothes, and a coffee machine. Women would wear bathing suits like the one below to go swimming or wading! If you went down in the basement and out the door, you would see a hollow moat. The children would clog the drain and fill it up with water and swim in it.
1 comment:
I'm sure glad our bathing suits don't look like that any more, aren't you.
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