Shawnee and its fellow coal towns are known as the Little Cities of Black Diamonds. Fires are said to still burn in the old underground mines, but aboveground the cities' spark has long been extinguished.
(Dina Rudick/Globe Staff)
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The factory town
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The college town
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Decision: Ohio
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