Editing New Straitsville, Ohio (section)

==History==
New Straitsville was founded in 1870 as a coal mining town by the New Straitsville Mining Company.  The town grew quickly and by 1880 the population was over 4,000 people. The coal mining activity ended in 1884, when a labor dispute at the mine ended with a group of miners sending a burning coal car into the mine, igniting the coal. At one time the heat from the fire was so great that residents could draw hot water directly from wells to brew coffee. The fire in the New Straitsville mine burns to this day.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://ohiohistorycentral.org/w/index.php?title=New_Straitsville_Mine_Fire&rec=521| accessdate=August 9, 2023 | title=New Straitsville Mine Fire| publisher=Ohio Historical Society|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230810232223/https://ohiohistorycentral.org/w/index.php?title=New_Straitsville_Mine_Fire&rec=521| archive-date=10 August 2023 }}</ref> New Straitsville is also famous for its annual "Moonshine Festival," which occurs during Memorial Day Weekend each year.<ref>Little Cities of Black Diamonds http://www.littlecitiesofblackdiamonds.org/cities/newstraitsville.html</ref>