My Dad, Ray Peterson, standing on the railroad bed looking north from near where the county line road and current 102 Lane intersects. Since railroad beds were made from the waste generated during the coal mining operation, many of the railroad beds are still in evident though out the coal mining fields. The waste is very poor for growing anything.  Coopertown was located to the right in the photo and Gainestown to the left. Rueben Gaines originally owned the land that was Coopertown before selling the land To B.F. Cooper.