>>Who rounded up all these poor people and marched them off to these horrible places?
They were born there. It was the only regular work a person could find in those valleys. People didn’t have the mobility we enjoy today, and those miners didn’t make enough to save up for a bus ticket to another place.
But, these were all good people who worked hard, loved their children, and fought for this country when called. You may hate labor, but the men who worked those mines were better than any middle manager, stock trader, or CEO in existence today.
How did they survive before the mines opened? Were they dropped there by spacecraft from another world?
You may hate labor...
What makes you think I hate labor?
I am sure these hard working guys were worth a hail of lot more than the liberal wine swishers you mentioned.