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Taylorville Kiwanis Hear About Coal Miners Museum at Weekly Meeting

The Taylorville Kiwanis Club heard about the Christian County Coal Miner's Museum at the club's weekly meeting Tuesday at the Taylorville Memorial Hospital auditorium.

 

Chuck Martin, the Museum's Executive Director, spoke to the club about the museum and the history it's trying to preserve.  Martin said that Christian County has a long history of coal mining because of its supply of coal.  He also shared about the Coal Mine Wars of the 1930's.

 

Martin is passionate about finding a more suitable building to house the museum.  Right now, it's in one room on the 2nd floor of a building at 118 South Main, but it can only hold half the exhibits.

 

Martin told the Kiwanis Club that the Museum is holding a golf outing at Lake Shore Golf Course in September to help raise funds for a larger building.

 

The Christian County Coal Miner's Museum is open Thursdays from 10am to 1pm.

 

The Taylorville Kiwanis Club is part of global organization of volunteers dedicated to improving the world one child and one community at a time.  Weekly meetings are held Tuesdays at noon at the Taylorville Memorial Hospital auditorium.  For information on the club, go to taylorvillekiwanis.com. 

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