It is a railroad division point and the retail center of a coal-mining and farming area. Southern Illinois Univ. A branch of Southern Illinois Univ. is in Carbondale. Giant City State Park and a wildlife refuge are nearby.
Important activities center around the coal mining industry and machine manufacture.
Terence Powderly , the labor leader, was born there. Listing from Electric Library , a pay service. Copyright 2001 Infonautics Corporation . All rights reserved. Hauspie Speech Products N.V. All rights reserved.