Oklahoma Coal
Season 3 Episode 2 | 28m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
A look at the dangerous coal mines in Indian Territory.
Long before oil, coal was Oklahoma’s first energy boom. Immigrants came to Indian Territory who went into the mines and dug in the dark, it was a dirty and dangerous way to eke out a meager living. OETA’s award winning documentary series Back in Time looks to a time when coal barons became rich while miners would go to work before sunrise and come home after dark.
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Back in Time is a local public television program presented by OETA
Oklahoma Coal
Season 3 Episode 2 | 28m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
Long before oil, coal was Oklahoma’s first energy boom. Immigrants came to Indian Territory who went into the mines and dug in the dark, it was a dirty and dangerous way to eke out a meager living. OETA’s award winning documentary series Back in Time looks to a time when coal barons became rich while miners would go to work before sunrise and come home after dark.
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Back in Time is a local public television program presented by OETA