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Iowa Welsh Society toured the Colfax Historical Society & Museum at Colfax, IA  on November 11, 2023 with emphasis on the history of Welsh coal miners who came to America after mines in Wales were closing. 

Tour guide Kevin Williams and cousins Dave Abram II & David Abram shared the history of this heirloom quilt and it’s connection to Colfax’s mining history

Merrill Rees enjoyed hearing the history of mining in Colfax.

Kevin built a replica of the process to mine coal in multiple mines in the Colfax, Iowa area.

A replica of a coal miner shows how coals were mined.