Echoes of Elkol, the Story of a Western Coal Camp

The story of Elkol, Wyoming is history at its best, documenting all aspects of life in a western coal camp through the people who lived there. Life in the camps was often hard, but those stalwart souls rose above the difficulties and managed to come together as a close knit community. This is their story. Here are the facts about the business of coal, the hard labor of mining, the struggles of the workers and the unions, the social arrangements, housing, schools and the place of women in this largely emigrant community. With the added enlightenment of newspaper articles, oral interviews and more than 140 photographs, Elkol's past comes to life. Though the coal camp way of life is gone, it lives on in the memories of those who lived in or passed through those camps. Elkol was at once unique as a community and representative of all coal camps of the time and this book is a direct link to that past.