Other Information Resources and Sites Surrounding Centralia, PA

www.CentraliaMineFire.com - Website of David DeKok, the author of the fascinating book Unseen Danger: A Tragedy of People, Government, and the Centralia Mine Fire.  A must read for anyone interested in knowing the read story behind the Centralia disaster.

To Read a segment from the book, follow this link.

A Look at the Centralia Coal Mine Fire
By Johnathan F. Beltz - March 13, 1998

The Centralia Project
An nicely done documentation of one persons visit to Centralia.

Welcome to the Pennsylvania Coal Region!
This web site is a collection of nostalgia and regionalisms from the Anthracite Coal Region of Pennsylvania. Home of the CoalSpeak dictionary, recipes from the CoalStove , famous CoalCrackers , the Coal Region Guestbook, Message Board and lots more!

Slow Burn: A Photodocument of Centralia, Pennsylvania
by Renee Jacobs - Published by University of PA Press (1985) Book is out of print but may be available here.

CentraliaPA.com website
You have to look carefully for the Centralia information.  The site is a little distracting but there is some good information hidden in there.

Exploring & Modern Ruins
Karl Xydexx Jorgensen Exploring Modern Ruins

Nathan Online Digital Video - Centralia, PA - Modern Day Ghost Town
http://www.nathanonline.com/dv_centralia.html  

REMEMBERING BYRNESVILLE, PA. 1856 - 1996 (COLUMBIA COUNTY)
Byrnesville was a small village just south of Centralia that is now extinct because of the Centralia fire. These links give some insight of this little community from a local resident of Byrnersville.
http://hometown.aol.com/mpreil/index.html
http://hometown.aol.com/mpreil/page1.html

A Slideshow presentation of Centralia by Dr. Fullerm of the Susquehanna University Table of Contents - http://www.susqu.edu/geology/research/centralia/450/Centralia/sld001.htm  

Centralia Pictures by Dave Markowski / Locobokeh Photography

Centralia Photography by Bill Tobin - Also check out his other great photos

For further information About Centralia's Story see:

Unseen Danger: A Tragedy of People, Government, and the Centralia Mine Fire by David DeKok, Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1986.   I've been informed by David Dekok that his book is back in print and in available online at Amazon.com online bookstores.
For more information and how to find this book, Click Here
    

The Real Disaster Is Above Ground: A Mine Fire and Social Conflict
by J. Stephen Kroll-Smith, Stepehn Couch 
For more information and how to find this book, Click Here
   

Slow Burn: A Photodocument of Centralia, Pennsylvania by Renee Jacobs 
For more information and how to find this book, Click Here
    

Centralia (Images of America: Pennsylvania)
by Deryl B. Johnson 
For more information and how to find this book, Click Here
    

Lauren Wolk - Those Who Favor the Fire
Published in 1998 by Random House. It is the story of a fictitious town called "Belle Haven." Anyone familiar with the story of Centralia will recognize the chronology and perhaps even some of the characters. For more information and how to find this book, Click Here