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| The Town of Macdonald
Macdonald was the name given to a
"company town" located on an 830 acre tract of coal land leased from Thomas G.
McKell to the Macdonald Colliery Company. The town was named after the owner of the mining
operation, Symington Macdonald.
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The Macdonald Colliery Company
Store, circa 1906
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| The mining company's tipple was located on the hillside near the
present-day site of the Mount Hope High School. Symington Macdonald took an active role in
the local community. In 1897, Macdonald helped form the Macdonald Presbyterian Church, a
church that later relocated to Mt. Hope, becoming the Mt. Hope Presbyterian Church in
1915. He also established a school in Macdonald during the late 1800's, for the benefit of
the families employed by his mining company.
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Tipple of the Macdonald Coal
& Coke Company, circa 1906
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At some unknown point in time, perhaps during
the 1930's, the town of Macdonald was annexed into Mount Hope. Unfortunately, locating the
exact date of the annexation has proved to be illusive task.
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