enough to try fishing the mighty Susquehanna River at Washington Boro. Fishing from shore was not attractive since at that time (1920) coal dust filled the river and created bars at many locations along the Lancaster County shore. The fine coal came from the anthracite mines of Carbon County near Wilkes

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