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Former coal mining towns turn to tourism

By April Simpson Stateline.org CUMBERLAND, Ky. — The same Main Street winds through the old mountain mining towns of Cumberland, Benham and Lynch, crosses a river and runs alongside a creek. The early 20th century coal mining boom drew people to this remote corner of southeast Kentucky, until coal's dizzying decline sent them away. Today, Main Street hints at a roaring past and the potential for change.

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