COAL CREEK WATERSHED
FOUNDATION, INC.
(CCWF)
A non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation
3502 Overlook Circle, Knoxville, TN, USA 37909
(865) 291-2898

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Listen to Podcast of NPR/UT live interview discussing Coal Creek War and history Dialogue: (August) The Coal Creek War The Cumberland Mountains to the north of Knoxville are home to most of the coal mines in East Tennessee... and towns like Briceville, Fraterville, and Lake City grew up around the mining industry. Lake City was once called Coal Creek. In the 1890s, Coal Creek and the surrounding area experienced a major labor uprising involving coal miners, leased convict labor, the Tennessee Legislature and Governor's office and the state militia. On August's Dialogue, Chrissy Keuper speaks with Barry Thacker and Carol Moore of the Coal Creek Watershed Foundation about that period of East Tennessee history...
NOTICE: 100th Anniversary Memorial -- Friday, December 9, 2011 CROSS MOUNTAIN MINE DISASTER There will be a free public tour in honor of the 100th Anniversary of the Cross Mountain Mine Disaster on Friday, December 9, 2011. For more information and to reserve your place, contact Carol Moore at clmoore@geoe.com or 865-584-0344 Ext. 102.
Do you know the connection between Jesse James and Coal Creek? Find out here!		Coal Creek Scholars tour of Tusculum College 27 May 2010
108th Anniversary of the Fraterville Mining Disaster May 19, 1902 to May 19, 2010 In honor of the anniversary, visit the new web site created by Bailey Francis. If you have more information on the history of the miners or their families, E-MAIL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, ETC. or write on his blog at http://www.seventyyearsinthecoalmines.blogspot.com/
Trout, American Chestnuts, and Coal Creek Mining History: 10^th Annual History/Ecology Field Trip for Briceville School 14 May 2010		2010 Nantglo $10,000 scholarship awarded to Bethany Wrede
RESULTS OF ARBOR DAY TREE PLANTING EVENT Monday, April 12th Click for more info		SEE RESULTS OF ANNUAL COAL CREEK SPRING CLEANING DAY
Articles in the News!	Bank Stabilization Projects & Flood Abatement	Historic Site Preservation	Annual Coal Creek Health Day
American Chestnut Restoration	Trout nurseries and reintroduction of native species to Coal Creek	Coal Creek Nantglo Scholarship Program & Awards	Awards & Honors
School Field Trips

EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES: COAL CREEK SCHOLARS DAY AND EARLY VISIT FROM SANTA: "You have the possibility of making a million dollars more over your career if you get a college degree!" said Barry Thacker to the Briceville 4th and 5th graders to begin Coal Creek Scholars Day. BANK STABILIZATION PROJECT #5 IN FRATERVILLE: Our fifth bank stabilization project is underway in Fraterville. Tree planting on the site is next and we will need volunteers. Click here to view the photos of the Fraterville project. EFFORTS TO RESTORE AND PRESERVE HISTORIC BRICEVILLE CHURCH CONTINUE: We continue our ongoing efforts to preserve and protect Coal Creek's historic Briceville Church built in 1888 by Welsh immigrant coal miners. See the latest results of the restoration efforts. If you are interested in helping with this effort, contact Carol Moore at 865-584-0344 or clmoore@geoe.com. Labor, materials, and monetary contributions are welcomed and needed! VIEW RESULTS OF COAL CREEK HEALTH DAY 2009! Click here for photos, results and news story!
View efforts to preserve and restore Coal Creek's historic Fort Anderson on Militia Hill Site from the Coal Creek War of 1891 - 1892 Proposed Trail Guide SAMPLE MARKER
Coal Creek Watershed Foundation's Barry Thacker, PE, President and Founder receives 2009 Professional Practice Ethics and Leadership Award issued jointly by the American Society of Civil Engineers and ASFE, an international, not-for-profit association of geoprofessional firms.		Coal Creek Scholar Jonathan Sharp inspiring others and paying it forward
2009 Scholarships Announced $32,000 awarded		Chestnuts may grow on trees, but coal does not: Field trip by Coal Creek and Elk Valley students to National Coal Corporation’s Zeb Mountain surface mine
Trout, American Chestnuts, and Coal Creek Mining History: 9^th Annual History/Ecology Field Trip for Briceville School 15 May 2009		Arbor Day 2009 1200 trees planted!! Saturday, 4 April 2009
Indoor American Chestnut Nursery at Elk Valley School and Lake City Middle School Engineering a Better Chestnut Pot 12 January 2009		PILOT PROJECT! Trout Hatchery in Briceville School classroom
Coal Creek Scholars Day (with a visit from Santa's Helpers)		Coal Creek Health Day 2008 -- See the results!
2008 Coal Creek Nantglo Scholarships announced!	First Coal Creek Scholar Amy Dugger receives Masters Degree		Joint Briceville and Elk Valley School History Field Trip results

Restoring the American Chestnut Operation Springboard				Elk Valley Elementary School students plant American Chestnuts to celebrate Arbor Day on Zeb Mountain, Elk Valley, Tennessee
COAL CREEK SPRING CLEANING DAY See the results!
Coal Creek Scholars Day at Briceville School 17 December 2007	Briceville Scholars Bowl Students teach University of Tennessee Forestry & Wildlife students		Santa visits Briceville School			Coal Creek's Jonathan Sharp in the news
Fraterville Mine Disaster Documentary in the works!! Click here to watch "teaser" of Keith McDaniel's Fraterville Mine Disaster Documentary coming in 2010 Warning: Get out your tissue and turn up your speakers		Coal Creek Health Day and Archaeological Dig for the Old Briceville Opera House			View the historic Photos from the time in the days after the Fraterville Mine Disaster of May 19, 1902 From the collection taken by Mr. W. L. Wilson
National Coal Miners' Museum at Coal Creek Conceptual Plan					Introduction to Coal Creek Aquatic Invertebrates (Looking for Bugs and Critters in Coal Creek) RESULTS AND PHOTOS!
See Results of the tour of Fraterville Mine Disaster historic sites Saturday, May 19, 2007 105th Anniversary of Disaster					2007 Coal Creek Scholarships announced $30,000 awarded to three students
Briceville School 4th & 5th Graders 7th Annual History Field Trip 18 May 2007					5th Annual Coal Creek Scholars Day at Briceville School in Coal Creek 3 January 2007
Coal Creek Spring Cleaning Day Saturday, March 17th SEE RESULTS!!					Coal Creek Restoration Project Reintroducing native fish species to Coal Creek
Coal Creek Annual Health Day Results!					Efforts to Restore and Preserve historic Briceville Church
Coal Creek volunteers recognized as Anderson County Heroes!					Results of Archaeological dig at Coal Creek’s historic Militia Hill June 26 through June 30, 2006
Coal Creek loses a hero Rev. Roy Daugherty 1938 -- 2006					Camp family heirs donate historic property to Coal Creek Watershed Foundation!! Increases potential for Mining History Tourism opportunities in Coal Creek
Dedication Ceremony of the Fraterville Miners' Circle Listing on the National Register of Historic Places					Cross Mountain Mine Disaster Tour and Concert 15 OCTOBER 2005
Are you related to the Coal Creek miners who were in the disasters? Check the list of names of Fraterville and Cross Mountain Mine Disaster and contact us at clmoore@geoe.com.
Scale Model of Coal Creek Watershed Historical Sites				Coal Creek Sister-Schools in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, South Wales
COAL CREEK WAR AND MINING DISASTERS Discover the rich coal mining history through the trilogy of events that took place in Coal Creek that made impacts around the world.
Coal Creek Bank Stabilization Project #3 Hayes Property							FRATERVILLE MINE DISASTER TOURS "THE COAL CREEK PROJECT" The Play and the History
Welsh Scholar Dr. Eirug Davies from Harvard visits Briceville School	2005 COAL CREEK SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING CAMP SEE PHOTO RESULTS!
CCWF board member John Thurman named Anderson County Hero	Boy Scout and Girl Scout Service Projects
Historic Briceville Park Restoration					Barry Thacker, P.E. receives Hoover Medal for efforts in Coal Creek
Coal Creek Board member and Volunteer receives Trout Unlimited 2004 Volunteer Conservationist Award	Coal Creek in TROUT magazine Visit Anderson County Tourism at www.yallcome.org

	Welcome to the online home of the Coal Creek Watershed Foundation, Inc. (CCWF), a non-profit organization with a mission to improve the quality of life in the Coal Creek watershed. We are working as volunteers with government agencies and other partners to effect change by combining the intellectual resources of our engineers/scientists in East Tennessee with the common sense of the residents from the Coal Creek watershed.
The "CMD" section of this web site describes one of the tasks underway to achieve our mission: mitigation of coal mine drainage (CMD) impacts from abandoned sites mined prior to the development of current regulations. We are working in coordination with the Office of Surface Mining (OSM) through their Appalachian Clean Streams Initiative (www.osmre.gov/acsihome.htm) and other state and federal agencies to address the CMD problems. (OSM water quality sampling)
Coal Creek Deadwood Removal Day 2000 on Saturday, June 24, 2000, brought out 137 volunteers to remove deadwood from bridge piers and thereby reduce flooding impacts.
	We are in the process of developing the Coal Creek Motor Discovery Trail to enable others to experience the unique history of the scenic Coal Creek watershed.
On August 22, 2000, Congressman Zach Wamp, Anderson County Executive Rex Lynch, TN State Rep. William Baird, Commissioner Albert Slusher, Commissioner Jerry Creasey, and 250 students and volunteers participated in Coal Creek Discovery Day 2000 at Briceville Elementary School.
Barry Thacker, P.E. of CCWF, represented the 13-state Eastern Coal Region at the National Watershed Forum, as part of the EPA's Clean Water Action Plan. He was also named the Tennessee Conservation League's Water Conservationist of the Year. People are interested in Coal Creek as evidenced by the 10,000 visits per week to this web site. If you want to join us, we could use your help. There are no monetary dues or membership fees. Instead, you must share our mission *to improve the quality of life in the Coal Creek watershed* and volunteer your time to our initiative.
Watershed map Click on image to enlarge	Vicinity map Click on image to enlarge
Additional historical information on the Fraterville Mine Disaster of 1902 can be found on the web site of Carl Fritts at http://olecarl.com/FMD.html. Link Briceville, Anderson County, TN site

COAL CREEK WATERSHED FOUNDATION, INC. (CCWF) A non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation 3502 Overlook Circle, Knoxville, TN, USA 37909 (865) 291-2898

108th Anniversary of the Fraterville Mining Disaster May 19, 1902 to May 19, 2010

View efforts to preserve and restore Coal Creek's historic Fort Anderson on Militia Hill Site from the Coal Creek War of 1891 - 1892

Coal Creek Bank Stabilization Project #3 Hayes Property

COAL CREEK WATERSHED
FOUNDATION, INC.
(CCWF)
A non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation
3502 Overlook Circle, Knoxville, TN, USA 37909
(865) 291-2898

108th Anniversary of the Fraterville Mining Disaster
May 19, 1902 to May 19, 2010

View efforts to preserve and restore Coal Creek's historic
Fort Anderson on Militia Hill
Site from the Coal Creek War of 1891 - 1892

Coal Creek Bank Stabilization Project #3
Hayes Property