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Box of awards, pins, belt-buckles, and knives used by Lyle Frederich Parks, (Gleason's grandfather) why worked for the Peabody Mine for thirty years, and received this box on his retirement

A coin commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Peabody Coal Mine in 1983. At the time, this mine was the largest coal mine in the country before its closure in the late 1980s.

A 1:48 hour long video about the 1988 Peabody Mine fire, includes footage of the fire, rescue, and cleanup.

Aerial photograph of Peabody Mine #10, where Lyle Parks worked throughout his career viewed from the North.

A photo of coal mining equipment that hung in Lyle Fredrich Park's office at the Peabody Mine from the late 1960s until the late 1980s. It was hung in his home thereafter.