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“No discussion of Pennsylvania ghost towns would be complete without Centralia, in Columbia County. With all due respect to the few intrepid souls who…

— Susan Hutchison Tassin

“Here was a county that had almost burned down. Here was that county moving on. All of these fires could have happened only in…

— Monica Hesse

“Hell isn’t some fiery pit “down there.” It’s right here on Earth, in every dirty city, every yawning town.”

— Ellen Hopkins

“Central Wyoming was like hell without the flames, an underworld thrust up onto the surface.”

— Walter Kirn

We set the town on fire and burned down every house as a warning to other small towns along the river.

— Knute Nelson

“The old dead coals fell to the wayside, warm ones sat glowing weakly on the edges; but the hot new ones, red and burning,…

— Babara Wood

“Because it’s Appalachia. The coal companies are destroying our mountains, towns, culture, and lives, and it’s not a story.”

— John Grisham

“The flame of fire burns within.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“a crime to fell a tree and light it on fire, where coals of hardened shit warmed and stunk up homes,”

— Hugh Howey

“On payday near the entrances to the mines, lines of maimed and debilitated workers begged for handouts. Pennsylvania”

— Mary Cronk Farrell