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John Winnenberg, a local activist and proprietor of Winding Road Marketplace, a hub for selling the wares of local businesses, stands in his store, Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017, in Shawnee, Ohio. Communities across Appalachia are turning increasingly to the region's rich reserves in things other than coal, namely, history and rugged natural beauty, to frame a new tourist economy. Enjoying a drink, hike or overnight stay or in region infused with stories, sweat and strife is turning out to be a draw to aging baby boomers and millennials alike. Studies show these efforts are attracting tourists, new residents and a new sense of self-worth. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
- John Minchillo
Sacramento native Larry Monson, center, stands in his new business, the My Little Bakery & Coffee Shop, after opening less than two weeks prior, an effort Monson describes as to "put one more brick into the foundation for a better town, to bring some life back," Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017, in Corning, Ohio. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
- John Minchillo
Selina Nadeau, 22, an AmeriCorps member with with Ohio's Hill County Heritage Area group, right, handles a customer transaction at the Winding Road Marketplace, a hub for selling the wares of local businesses, Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017, in Shawnee, Ohio. Communities across Appalachia are turning increasingly to the region's rich reserves in things other than coal, namely, history and rugged natural beauty, to frame a new tourist economy. Enjoying a drink, hike or overnight stay or in region infused with stories, sweat and strife is turning out to be a draw to aging baby boomers and millennials alike. Studies show these efforts are attracting tourists, new residents and a new sense of self-worth. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
- John Minchillo
Corning native Susan Hern, center, hands a holiday plant to Malana Monson, a local bakery owner, at her gift and craft shop Anew View, Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017, in Corning, Ohio. Communities across Appalachia are turning increasingly to the region's rich reserves in things other than coal, namely, history and rugged natural beauty, to frame a new tourist economy. Enjoying a drink, hike or overnight stay or in region infused with stories, sweat and strife is turning out to be a draw to aging baby boomers and millennials alike. Studies show these efforts are attracting tourists, new residents and a new sense of self-worth. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
- John Minchillo
Lumps of coal are sold as ornamental trinkets at the Winding Road Marketplace, a hub for selling the wares of local businesses, stands in his store, Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017, in Shawnee, Ohio. Communities across Appalachia are turning increasingly to the region's rich reserves in things other than coal, namely, history and rugged natural beauty, to frame a new tourist economy. Enjoying a drink, hike or overnight stay or in region infused with stories, sweat and strife is turning out to be a draw to aging baby boomers and millennials alike. Studies show these efforts are attracting tourists, new residents and a new sense of self-worth. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
- John Minchillo
Tom Craig, a 20-year resident and member of the New Straitsville History Group holds a panorama photograph showing the 1923 congregation while standing in the United Methodist Church, Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017, in New Straitsville, Ohio. Communities across Appalachia are turning increasingly to the region's rich reserves in things other than coal, namely, history and rugged natural beauty, to frame a new tourist economy. Enjoying a drink, hike or overnight stay or in region infused with stories, sweat and strife is turning out to be a draw to aging baby boomers and millennials alike. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
- John Minchillo
Framed collages showing the graduating classes of now-closed New Straitsville schools are displayed as Tom Craig, a 20-year resident and member of the New Straitsville History Group leads a tour at their Museum, Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017, in New Straitsville, Ohio. Communities across Appalachia are turning increasingly to the region's rich reserves in things other than coal, namely, history and rugged natural beauty, to frame a new tourist economy. Enjoying a drink, hike or overnight stay or in region infused with stories, sweat and strife is turning out to be a draw to aging baby boomers and millennials alike. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
- John Minchillo
Images depicting long-since disassembled oil derricks peppering the landscape of 1920's New Straitsville is displayed at the New Straitsville History Group Museum, Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017, in New Straitsville, Ohio. Communities across Appalachia are turning increasingly to the region's rich reserves in things other than coal, namely, history and rugged natural beauty, to frame a new tourist economy. Enjoying a drink, hike or overnight stay or in region infused with stories, sweat and strife is turning out to be a draw to aging baby boomers and millennials alike. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
- John Minchillo
Tom Craig, a 20-year resident and member of the New Straitsville History Group, demonstrates the church organ, partially donated by steel tycoon Andrew Carnegie, at the United Methodist Church where his wife plays the instrument, Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017, in New Straitsville, Ohio. Communities across Appalachia are turning increasingly to the region's rich reserves in things other than coal, namely, history and rugged natural beauty, to frame a new tourist economy. Enjoying a drink, hike or overnight stay or in region infused with stories, sweat and strife is turning out to be a draw to aging baby boomers and millennials alike. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
- John Minchillo
Customers dine at My Little Bakery & Coffee Shop, opened less than two weeks prior by Sacremento transplants Larry and Malana Monson, Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017, in Corning, Ohio. Communities across Appalachia are turning increasingly to the region's rich reserves in things other than coal, namely, history and rugged natural beauty, to frame a new tourist economy. Enjoying a drink, hike or overnight stay or in region infused with stories, sweat and strife is turning out to be a draw to aging baby boomers and millennials alike. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
- John Minchillo
Selina Nadeau, 22, an AmeriCorps member with with Ohio's Hill County Heritage Area group, left, and Sally Sugar, 23, of Columbus, an Ohio Stream Restore Corps AmeriCorps member, right, tour the historic Tecumseh Theater, built in 1908 as the "Red Man's Hall" and renamed in 1976 to honor a Shawnee Native American tribal leader and is now under renovation to serve the community, Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017, in Shawnee, Ohio. Communities across Appalachia are turning increasingly to the region's rich reserves in things other than coal, namely, history and rugged natural beauty, to frame a new tourist economy. Enjoying a drink, hike or overnight stay or in region infused with stories, sweat and strife is turning out to be a draw to aging baby boomers and millennials alike. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
- John Minchillo
Sacramento natives Larry Monson, right, and his with Malana embrace in their My Little Bakery & Coffee Shop opened less than two weeks prior, an effort Monson describes as to "put one more brick into the foundation for a better town, to bring some life back," Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017, in Corning, Ohio. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
- John Minchillo
Corning native Susan Hern leans on the shop counter at her gift and craft shop Anew View, as she speaks of her family's history in long-past local oil industry and the need for residents to put effort into rekindling their town, Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017, in Corning, Ohio. Communities across Appalachia are turning increasingly to the region's rich reserves in things other than coal, namely, history and rugged natural beauty, to frame a new tourist economy. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
- John Minchillo
Rodney Embrey, an employee at nearby Buckingham coal mine, walks into the building he and a business partner purchased to start an antiques dealership, Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017, in Corning, Ohio. Communities across Appalachia are turning increasingly to the region's rich reserves in things other than coal, namely, history and rugged natural beauty, to frame a new tourist economy. Enjoying a drink, hike or overnight stay or in region infused with stories, sweat and strife is turning out to be a draw to aging baby boomers and millennials alike. Studies show these efforts are attracting tourists, new residents and a new sense of self-worth. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
- John Minchillo
A panorama showing the long-since disassembled oil derricks peppering the landscape of 1920's New Straitsville is displayed as Tom Craig, a 20-year resident and member of the New Straitsville History Group shows off models of derricks at their Museum, Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017, in New Straitsville, Ohio. Communities across Appalachia are turning increasingly to the region's rich reserves in things other than coal, namely, history and rugged natural beauty, to frame a new tourist economy. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
- John Minchillo
Tom Craig, a 20-year resident and member of the New Straitsville History Group stands among the recovered remains of the local barbershop, complete with original barber's chairs and mirrors, at their Museum, Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017, in New Straitsville, Ohio. Communities across Appalachia are turning increasingly to the region's rich reserves in things other than coal, namely, history and rugged natural beauty, to frame a new tourist economy. Enjoying a drink, hike or overnight stay or in region infused with stories, sweat and strife is turning out to be a draw to aging baby boomers and millennials alike. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
- John Minchillo
Selina Nadeau, 22, an AmeriCorps member with with Ohio's Hill County Heritage Area group, tours the historic Tecumseh Theater, built in 1908 as the "Red Man's Hall" and renamed in 1976 to honor a Shawnee Native American tribal leader and is now under renovation to serve the community, Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017, in Shawnee, Ohio. Communities across Appalachia are turning increasingly to the region's rich reserves in things other than coal, namely, history and rugged natural beauty, to frame a new tourist economy. Enjoying a drink, hike or overnight stay or in region infused with stories, sweat and strife is turning out to be a draw to aging baby boomers and millennials alike. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
- John Minchillo
Sally Sugar, 23, an Ohio Stream Restore Corps AmeriCorps member, left, tours Tecumseh Lake, a 13-acre artificial lake constructed in 1952 to serve as a recreation area for residents, alongside Selina Nadeau, 22, an AmeriCorps member with with Ohio's Hill County Heritage Area group, Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017, in Shawnee, Ohio. Communities across Appalachia are turning increasingly to the region's rich reserves in things other than coal, namely, history and rugged natural beauty, to frame a new tourist economy. Enjoying a drink, hike or overnight stay or in region infused with stories, sweat and strife is turning out to be a draw to aging baby boomers and millennials alike. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
- John Minchillo
Tom Craig, a 20-year resident and member of the New Straitsville History Group, right, takes two AmeriCorps members on a tour of the Robertson Cave, a tourist attraction that was once home to clandestine meetings for early labor union organizers in the late 1800s, Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017, in New Straitsville, Ohio. Communities across Appalachia are turning increasingly to the region's rich reserves in things other than coal, namely, history and rugged natural beauty, to frame a new tourist economy. Enjoying a drink, hike or overnight stay or in region infused with stories, sweat and strife is turning out to be a draw to aging baby boomers and millennials alike. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
- John Minchillo
Rodney Embrey, an employee at nearby Buckingham coal mine, describes the process of renovating the building he and a business partner purchased to start an antiques dealership, Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017, in Corning, Ohio. Communities across Appalachia are turning increasingly to the region's rich reserves in things other than coal, namely, history and rugged natural beauty, to frame a new tourist economy. Enjoying a drink, hike or overnight stay or in region infused with stories, sweat and strife is turning out to be a draw to aging baby boomers and millennials alike. Studies show these efforts are attracting tourists, new residents and a new sense of self-worth. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
- John Minchillo