Wreath put on display at Coal Creek museum on anniversary of disaster
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State, county and local officials and representatives of some of the families who lost loved ones in the 1902 Fraterville mine explosion gathered at the Coal Creek Miners Museum last Thursday night to commemorate the 120th-anniversary of the disaster.
State, county and local officials and representatives of some of the families who lost loved ones in the 1902 Fraterville mine explosion gathered at the Coal Creek Miners Museum last Thursday night to commemorate the 120th-anniversary of the disaster.
Lt. Gov. Randy McNally and state Rep. John Ragan led a delegation of state officials for a wreath presentation ceremony at the museum.
Also participating were Anderson County Mayor Terry Frank, county commissioners Tim Isbel and Shain Vowell, Rocky Top Mayor Tim Sharp and city councilmembers, and museum staff.
Museum Board of Directors member Lisa Pebley put the wreath together.
A total of 300 men and boys died in the Fraterville mine disaster. Only three adult men – who did not go to work that day – were left in Fraterville after the disaster.
The Coal Creek Miners Museum is next door to City Hall in Rocky Top, at 201 S. Main St.