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Restorations bring memories of coal town’s heyday

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From left, Ted Barner, Bob Eaton and Frank Guidetti, members of the Black Diamond Historical Society, stand In front of the old railroad depot they and other members of the society have been refurbishing to serve as a museum of Black Diamond’s early days.

From left, Ted Barner, Bob Eaton and Frank Guidetti, members of the Black Diamond Historical Society, stand in front of the old railroad depot they and other members of the society have been refurbishing to serve as a museum of Black Diamond’s early days.

Originally published in The Seattle Times, December 3, 1980

By Herb Belanger

BLACK DIAMOND — Hang in there, King County. Black Diamond might be able to give you a hand with your overcrowded-jail problems.

Members of the Black Diamond Historical Society just might be persuaded to let the county use the long-empty city jail they’ve been rehabilitating along with the city’s long-unused railroad depot. (more…)

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