In this town, the coal company used to be boss — and landlord, doctor and grocer, too
Bill Radke speaks with Leonard Garfield, executive director of the Museum of History and Industry, about what it was like to live in Black Diamond, Washington, when the Pacific Coast Coal Company ran the mines — and also rented the homes, sold the groceries, hired the doctors, and brought in the entertainment.
For a laborer in that kind of environment, Garfield says, "you can imagine that you could build up some resentment."