Big John and farmers
As more and more lumber jacks find their way to the village, the village grows. The railway company already laid down some tracks to the saw mill and to the logging camp.
But that's not the only railway track... there is another going east into the mountains. What's going on?
It's Big John. John and his friend John went hicking into the mountains. They heard about the beautiful pond and waterfalls. The taller one, hereafter called Big John, found a rock. The rock was black and after closer study John decided it was coal. And it was. So Big John went to the government and bought a peace of land at foot of the mountains. He started digging and he hit the jackpot.
Finding investers wasn't hard and in now time a fully operational coal mine was in place. The railway company extended their tracks and connected Big John's to the network.
Having a large mine in the mountains, the village was more booming then ever. Trailers and cabins poped up where ever there was a road and plumbing. It didn't take long before the villagers demanded the presence of a church. The clergy decided they could leave those souls unattended and the church was built.
With more people, more business also the need for security and protection arise. So a brave deputy from a county far away applied for the job as sheriff in this new village. And as there were no other candidates he got the job. The first thing he did was raise the flag and hire some officers, the village was safe.
We know that the mountains in the east are beautiful and even provide for fuel (coal). In the west, however, the soil is fertile and some people tried to grow veggies there. Before they could say 'potato' there were farmers from all over the country buying land and starting their businesses. Farms poped up and where the village once was a logging camp with lumberjacks it now became a farmers paradise.
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