In Photos: This small Midwestern town still crowns its Coal Queen

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By Siri ChilukuriOct 4, 2023, 4:40 am172 pts
Every year in August, the small town of Marissa, Illinois, celebrates the fossil fuel that gave it prosperity: coal. The area around the town, which sits about 40 miles southeast of St. Louis, used to be known for its number of coal mines, and Marissa was considered its capital. The celebration, known…

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