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Eckley Miner’s Village

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Growing up in Pennsylvania, I’ve always been fascinated with the state’s coal mining heritage.  I’ve taken the Lackawanna Coal Mine and the museum several times.  Yet, I had never visited Eckley Miner’s Village , even though I drove past the signs every week on my way to my brother’s house.  After looking it up online and saying I would go for about a year, I finally made it happen this month.  Since the village is so close to my brother’s home, I took my niece and nephew along.  Our first stop in the village was the visitor’s center where we purchased our tickets for the museum and walking tour.   Originally, I hadn’t planned on taking the guided walking tour due to its length and my niece’s age, seven.   I thought that it might be too long for her but when I told her it was an hour and half of listening to our guide speak, she assured me that she would not get bored. While her attention did wonder a bit, I’m still glad we took the guided tour. Most of the inform