Papers, 1886-1900.

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Papers, 1886-1900.

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John K. Taggart's private papers are distinct from those generated in his official capacity with the Connellsville Coke & Iron Company and the Virginia Coal & Iron Company. They primarily document his outside business ventures, including his role as receiver of the Appalachian Steel & Iron Company, as well as some of the details of his life as one of Big Stone Gap's leading citizens.

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Taggart, John K., 1851?-1896

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John K. Taggart, a mining engineer, was born in Northumberland, Pa., around 1851. Taggart became a protege of John Leisenring, a Mauch Chunk, Pa., coal operator, and was sent to the western Pennsylvania coke fields to manage Leisenring's Connellsville Coke & Iron Company in 1881. After this operation was sold in 1889, he returned to Northumberland to assist his father in his spike and nail factory, but in 1890 he was appointed superintendent of Leisenring's Virginia ...

Connellsville Fire Brick Company.

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Appalachian Steel and Iron Company.

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Taggart, Matthew H. (Matthew Huston), 1824-

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