Boswell Area Historic Society
Website:
http://www.boswellpa.com/General%20Information.html
Telephone Number:
Location:
326 Main Street, Boswell, PA 15531
Description:
Thomas Taylor Boswell of Baltimore, Maryland came to Boswell in 1900 and bought the farms of Lucy Stufft, Oliver Peterson, and Freeman Gonder. He formed the Merchants Coal Company of Baltimore, hence, the formation of Boswell. The town was incorporated on February 22, 1904. At it's peak, the mine employed over 900 miners, and produced over 3,000 tons of coal per day. It eventually was re-named as the United Coal Company; in 1918, it became the Davis Coal Company, and closed for business on March 29, 1939. The mine was officially known as Orenda Mine #1. At it's peak, the mine employed over 900 miners, and produced over 3,000 tons of coal per day.
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