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Things to do while you're here

If you visit Black Diamond, check out these spots:

  • Black Diamond Bakery, 32805 Railroad Ave. Open 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Sunday.

  • Black Diamond Depot Museum, 32627 Railroad Ave. Open 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday and Saturday and Noon to 3 p.m. Sunday.

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  • Historic Black Diamond Jail and Fire Station, next to the museum. No specific viewing hours.

  • Flaming Geyser State Park, SE 354th Street off of SE Green Valley Road, south of Black Diamond. Open 8 a.m. to dusk.
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Saturday, December 14, 1996

Historic coal town is getting ready to grow up

A quiet town that likes it that way

Yielding to the inevitable

A mining town, then and now

Face of the city changes with the times

Jon Hahn: Bootlegging was hardly a secret in Black Diamond

Things to do while you're here

From the P-I archives

Scenes of Black Diamond

Black Diamond historical album

Black Diamond by the numbers

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