OTHER SITES OF INTEREST (SOUTH)

Robena Mine disaster of 1962 – A marker, honoring 37 killed in an explosion at Robena mine. The Robena disaster helped spur the Miners for Democracy Movement against the leadership of UMW President Tony Boyle that led among other reforms to federal Black Lung legislation and the creation of the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA). Rt. 21 near Masontown, and also, Greene County Coal Miners Memorial, I-79 Pennsylvania Welcome Center, Whiteley.

Jock Yablonski – A marker for this UMW leader and dissident who in 1969, shortly after his defeat as a union reform candidate, was killed with his wife Margaret, and daughter, Charlotte. Soon afterwards, reformers were elected to union leadership. Roadside marker, 3rd & Wood St., California.

A marker for the Robena Mine Disaster of 1962