MARION COUNTY LISTINGS

Monongah Mine Disaster Memorial

Photo of plaque with writing on it in both English and Italian

About

Follow historic signs about coal mining history on the rail trail to end with a beautiful and heart-rending monument. The monument is dedicated to the 361 miners killed in the 1907 Monongah Mine Disaster. As the worst mining disaster in American History, it’s a title that no one wanted, but everyone remembers.

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