Two-thirds of coal industry jobs in Appalachia have disappeared since the 1990s. Now, the area is hoping tourism will help rebuild its economy. Appalachia is the name for a cultural area in the eastern United States. It gets its name from the Appalachian Mountains, and is the center of America’s coal industry. For visitors, history and nature are two of the main draws here. In one town in Ohio, people re-enact a Prohibition rally outside a former speakeasy, the name for an illegal alcohol store or night club during the Prohibition period in the United States. In rural Kentucky, people are building an elk-viewing area on a former mountaintop coal mine.
Title: Tourism Is on the Rise in America's 'Coal Country'
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2289/coal_tourism.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Tourism Is on the Rise in America's 'Coal Country'' data-article-id='2805'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='8958'>Two-thirds of coal industry jobs in Appalachia have disappeared since the 1990s.</span> <span data-start-time='8958' data-end-time='16229'>Now, the area is hoping tourism will help rebuild its economy.</span> <span data-start-time='16229' data-end-time='23688'>Appalachia is the name for a cultural area in the eastern United States.</span> <span data-start-time='23688' data-end-time='32229'>It gets its name from the Appalachian Mountains, and is the center of America’s coal industry.</span> <span data-start-time='32229' data-end-time='40104'>For visitors, history and nature are two of the main draws here.</span> <span data-start-time='40104' data-end-time='58896'>In one town in Ohio, people re-enact a Prohibition rally outside a former speakeasy, the name for an illegal alcohol store or night club during the Prohibition period in the United States.</span> <span data-start-time='58896' data-end-time='67958'>In rural Kentucky, people are building an elk-viewing area on a former mountaintop coal mine.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button 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data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2289/coal_and_diamonds.m4a'><span>coal and diamonds</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2289/alcohol_and_elk.m4a'><span>alcohol and elk</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=9920 data-hint-location='8958' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2289/the_area_is_hoping_tourism_will__blank_.m4a'>The area is hoping tourism will <span class='blank'>rebuild the economy</span>.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='rebuild the economy'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2289/improve_the_culture.m4a'><span>improve the culture</span></div><div class='choice' 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