When Coal Was King in Seattle | Mossback's Northwest

In the Pacific Northwest, we are concerned about climate change and our dependence on fossil fuels - especially coal. But there was a time 100 years ago when coal was king in King County. Coal mines sprang up in Newcastle, Black Diamond, Renton, Issaquah and as far north as Bellingham. Seattle’s emerging commercial harbor shipped millions of tons of coal to the entire West Coast. Coal pointed the way toward prosperity and was seen as the key to make more than one Puget Sound city the “Pittsburgh of the West.”
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My Grandpa Fabre worked the local mines when he immigrated here at the turn of the last century. As a young guy he stayed at the boarding house in Black Diamond where he met my Grandmother. Great Grandma Celine ran the place and the local bakery. They moved to Newcastle where my Uncle George and Dad were born in the camps. Late 20s they moved to Renton where he became a contractor and built many local area homes. Love our Pacific Northwest history!