Coal Vein Trail Post 2: Collapse
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Theodore Roosevelt
In this area there was a 12-foot-thick coal vein deep underground. In 1951 it caught fire and burned for 26 years. As it burned away, the rocks above were left unsupported and the surface collapsed, forming the depression you are about to enter. Before the fire, the land was level with the top of the stairs. 

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