Makers of America; biographies of leading men of thought and action, the men who constitute the bone and sinew of American prosperity and life . ELDAD CICERO CAMP WHEN the full Mstory is written of the Tennessee andSoutheastern Kentucky coalfields and the waterways ofEast Tennessee, if justice is rendered, no man in theState will receive greater credit for their developmentthan will Honorable E. C. Camp of Knoxville. From the day thatthis able and enterprising gentleman arrived in Knoxville in1865 he has taken a personal and vital interest in everythingpertaining to the growth, welfare and pro
Makers of America; biographies of leading men of thought and action, the men who constitute the bone and sinew of American prosperity and life . ELDAD CICERO CAMP WHEN the full Mstory is written of the Tennessee andSoutheastern Kentucky coalfields and the waterways ofEast Tennessee, if justice is rendered, no man in theState will receive greater credit for their developmentthan will Honorable E. C. Camp of Knoxville. From the day thatthis able and enterprising gentleman arrived in Knoxville in1865 he has taken a personal and vital interest in everythingpertaining to the growth, welfare and progress of city and sec-tion. Major Camp has been president of operated coal mines inthe South since 1868. He was the organizer and first presidentof the Coal Creek Company when it was incorporated in 1887,and now that this Company has expanded and has in operationat Coal Creek, two mines, Fraterville and Thistle—he isstill its controlling head. This fact alone speaks volumes for hissound judgment in dealing with large problems. He is also Presi-dent and principal owner of the Virginia-Tennessee Coal Com-pany with mines at Raven, Virginia
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