Company Store

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Company Store

Lynch was considered one of the model coal camps in Appalachia because of its quality health care, education, housing, social services, wages and benefits, and recreation. Courtesy of the University of Kentucky.

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By McKenzie Martin
Historical Marker #1803 in Harlan County commemorates Lynch, the largest company-owned town in Kentucky through World War II. Lynch was established by the U.S. Coal and Coke Company, a subsidiary of the United States Steel Company, in 1917. The…