State of Place

Planning a summer tour while the Civil War is raging? We recommend a train ride through New Jersey to the coal-fields of Pennsylvania.
Advertisement from the back of Harper’s Magazine. August, 1864.
UPDATE:
Here’s a link to the full text copy from Google Books.

Journey to the Coal-fields in a larger map
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There’s a rare electricity produced by holding a ticket. I’m amazed at how long I’ve gone without feeling it. Luckily, these bad boys arrived in the mail today.