Published by admin on Tue, 08/11/2020 - 9:56am
Today we turn our attention to the north and west a bit to look at neighboring Carbon Hill. Officially Carbon Hill has only existed since 1892, but the camps of Scotch Hill, Bunker Hill and Oklahoma were there long before.
Although there was coal mining going on all over, the real history of Carbon Hill as a village started in 1884 when the Preston family heirs sold their acreage to the Star Coal Company. The Company immediate opened shaft #2 north of Coal City. Potential settlers were drawn to the area of “the Hill,” even before the village of Carbon Hill was platted in 1891.