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INDEX African Methodist Episcopal Cburch, 20, 30, 150 Agriculture, 8, 174, 177 Albia Coal Mine, 17 Albia Miners' Hospital, 79 Alcoholic beverages community disapproval of, 110-, 156 Consolidation Coal Company disapproval of, 91, 98, 104-5 home brewed, 166 and miners' negative social image, 86 served in Buxton, 48, 50 Allison, Archie, 58, 181 Allison, Mary, 182 Ambey, Naomi, 181 Anderson, E., 3'5 Armstrong, C. W., 195 Armstrong, Hobert A. (Hobe), 16, 25-27, 33, 55, 58, 109, 153 Athearn, Robert, 10 Atherton, Lewis, 159 Athletic activities, 94, 104-5, 153 Baptist Young People's Union (BYPU), 30, 151 Baseball Buxton Wonders, 94, 153- 54 YMCA team, 105, 154 Bates, Eva, 145 Baxter, John, 58 Baxter, Lottie Armstrong, 96 Baysoar, E. M., 46, 188, 214 Beaman, Lester, 42, 45, 123, 138, 161, 194-96 Black Codes, 18, 183 Black Family in Slavery and Freedom, 1750-1925, The, 132 Black Hawk Purchase, 15 247 Blacks. See also Buxton; Buxton Cornet Band; Buxton Wonders; Consolidation Coal Company; Education; Ethnicity; Families; Race discrimination; Religion; Slavery; Women; Work; YMCA (Young Men's Christian Association) advantages in Buxton, 3, 218 in Buxton businesses, 61-62 and children, aspirations for, 14245 community associations and activities of, 104-8, 152-55, 159-62 and education, 31-32, 108 hardships after Buxton, 203 - 7 and intermarriage, 182 jobs as strikebreakers, 9, 16-18, 82-83, 101, 183,203 jobs open to, 9, 19-20, 96, 101-2 jobs taken by white miners, 184 landowning, 187 legal rights of, 18-19 parental discipline and image, 108, 138-39, 141, 143 political activities of, 32-33, 15556 as prominent citizens, 25-29, 100, 108-9 and race discrimination, 6, 8, 8283 , 156, 183, 203-4 and racial harmony, 3, 6, 36- 39, 102-3, 148, 174, 218 as United Mine Workers officers, 81-82 Blomgren, Emmanuel, 209 Boarders, 9, 123-25, 128-29, 164 Bodnar, john, 124, 134 Booker, Odessa on babysitting job, 132 248 Booker, Odessa (continued) on churchgoing and preachers, 150, 161-62 on company store in Buxton, 56 on death of father, 78, 97, 145 -46, 205 on mother's garden, 123 on mother's work load, 119, 158 on parental discipline and hopes, 138-39, 143 on play, 161 on sex education, 141 size of family, 118 on Swede Town, 177 Bradley, Tandy, 23, 206 Brandes, Stuart D., 88-89 Brookins, C. R., Rev., 29 Brooks, Herman and broken wrist, 80-81 and Buxton YMCA basketball team, 107,153 on children's wages, 134 on homeowning and livestock, 21, 44 on lodge meetings, 152 on miner's earnings, 72 on move to Buxton, 41-42 as pitcher for Buxton Wonders, 154 on racial conflict in Muchakinock, 36-37 Brooks, Joseph, 23 Broom, Leonard, 9 Brown, Eric, 75 Brown, Frances, 27-28 Brown, Jacob, 44,72, 105-6, 114, 120, 172, 179 Brown, Kathren, 115 Brown, Marjorie on Buxton advantages, 222 on dances, 105 on hardships after Buxton, 206- 7 and mother, 150 on parental discipline, 141 on parents' home, 44, 144 Brown, S. Joe, 27-28, 32 Brown, W. K., 81 Brue, Mrs. Henry, 188 Buckingham, E. D., 188 Bucknell mining camp, 192, 213 Buford, Elmer, 150, 153, 181 Burkett, Oliver, 118-19, 138-39, 181, 200 Burlington, Iowa, 19 Index Businesses in Buxton, 57, 93 - 94 Bussey mining camp, 204 Buxton, Ben C. character, speculations on, 62-63, 103,111-12 as designer of Buxton, 40- 41, 215 financial position of, 214 residence of, 46-47, 134 as welfare capitalist, 90, 112 Buxton, John Emory, 16, 21, 40, 90, 112,212-13 Buxton (town of). See also Alcoholic beverages; Conslidation Coal Company; Ethnicity; Families; Haydock; Housing; Muchakinock; Race discrimination; Religion; Women; YMCA (Young Men's Christian Association) athletic activities in, 94, 104-5, 153 as black community, 211 business districts of, 49-52,57,9394 , 116-17 company store in, 52-57 dispersal of inhabitants, 187-88, 191-93,202-9 final years, 185 -88, 191-93 fires in, 190 gardens and livestock in, 44-45, 58, 115-17 government and law enforcement in, 48,50-51,61,111 as model community, 3-4, 6, 21011 , 218 musical activities in, 94, 101, 15051 , 153-54, 157 parks in, 60, 94, 160 political activities in, 32-33, 15556 , 158, 189 reunions of, 210, 22 1- 22 sanitary conditions in, 41, 92, 192 suburbs of, 48, 162, 177, 179 violence in, 91 Buxton Advocate newspaper, 110 Buxton Breeze newspaper, 110 Buxton Christian Workers' Alliance, 105 Buxton...

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