Posted on: Okmulgee Co. Ok Query Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ok/Okmulgee?read=450 Surname: Moore ------------------------- I was born and raised in Henryetta (wOkmulgee County) and later (1952-53) went back to teach at the Jr. High. Nearly all of my male relatives worked in the mines. My Grandfather, William Lewis (1885-1966) was the Foreman at Steckleberg's Atlas Coal Co. from 1922 to 1955. I remember 3 mines. The Blackstone, Atlas Coal, and The Star. All were about 3 miles apart and only a couple of hundred yards east of the highway to Okmulgee, and north of Henryetta. My uncle Charles Sizemore was the foreman at The Star Mine during the same period. All of these mines closed because during WWII they sold their coal to Canadian buyers. American buyers boycotted them after the war. My Father was the electrician at Atlas from c.1929 to 1943 when he went into Navy. He never went back. I knew two or three Moore families prior to the War, but can't seem to connect names at this time. Good luck!!