Coal Miner

ID: 2536
This file appears in: First Coal by Rail

Coal has been a vital Kentucky resource for decades. The first railway to transport coal was built by Robert Triplett in Daviess County. Courtesy of the University of Kentucky

This file appears in: First Coal by Rail

By McKenzie Martin
Historical Marker #743 in Daviess County commemorates Robert Triplett, a coal magnate who constructed the first railway in the state. Triplett was a Virginian who arrived in the Owensboro area…