Editing Cumberland, Kentucky (section)

==History==
Cumberland was settled in 1837 and named "Poor Fork", for its location on [[Poor Fork (Cumberland River)|a fork of the Cumberland River]] with relatively poor soil.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3Lac2FUSj_oC&q=cannon+ky&pg=PA75 | title=Kentucky Place Names | publisher=University Press of Kentucky | year=1987 | access-date=2013-04-28 | author=Rennick, Robert M. | pages=75| isbn=0813126312 }}</ref> It remained isolated until the [[coal mining]] boom of the 1900s when railroads connected it with surrounding towns. It was renamed "Cumberland" in 1926.

On July 29, 2019, a group of coal miners blocked a coal train on a track in protest when the company they worked for, [[Blackjewel LLC]], refused to pay them after declaring [[Bankruptcy in the United States|bankruptcy]]. Blackjewel was founded in 2017, and it was one of the largest coal mining companies in the country. Its bankruptcy filing also affected employees in Virginia and Wyoming; in total about 1700 miners have been affected.<ref>{{citation|magazine=Time|author=JOSIAH BATES|date=Aug 12, 2019|access-date=Sep 29, 2019 |title=Blocking Coal Train Railroad Tracks Over Wage Complaints, a Protest by Kentucky Miners Is Now Entering Its Third Week|url=https://time.com/5648087/kentucky-coal-miners-train-protest-wages/}}</ref>  The miners called off the protest in late September 2019, mostly because they have found other jobs. They intend to continue their fight in court.<ref>{{citation|website=CNN |author1=Polo Sandoval|author2=Steve Almasy|date=Sep 29, 2019|access-date=Sep 29, 2019|title=Kentucky miners, still seeking back pay, end coal train protest after two months|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2019/09/28/us/kentucky-coal-miners-protest-ends/index.html}}</ref>