Episode 36: Eminent Domain
Old Gods of Appalachia
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The Black Diamond Saloon, Ind Review
At the height of the boom, around tourniquet tho, a cluster of smaller private houses dotted the back roads that spread out of town like routs seeking water. These were houses built and paid for by independent contractors. They often shared staff and traded talent so that everybody got a good night here and there. Only harpers ran boys. It was dangerous running boys in torniqut. But these small timers managed to keep their doors open while remaining selective about their client hell. Until the companies started shutting down the big houses when the coal ran dry. As operations pulled out, the men who were left behind were so rowdy and had so little left to lose that it just wasn
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