Thomas W. Koon
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Thomas W. Koon was a local physician in the city of Cumberland, Maryland
who served as Mayor of Cumberland from 1914 to 1932. Koon had a strong influence over the growth and development of the Cumberland in the early 20th century. Some of his many accomplishments as Mayor include the paving of city streets, the installation of a new water system, the construction of new firehouses, and the expansion of the city's boundaries. Thomas W Koon Fifth term saw the Ku Klux Klan
holding a parade in 1924. It was also typical during that era of Jim Crow for politicians like Thomas Koon to segregate people by race by local ordinance or enforcing statewide ordinance. During his third term Cumberland was home to smuggling of Alcohol
during Prohibation. During his tenure Cumberland went from a low paying city to well paying manufacturing jobs that lasted until the 1980s
where it went back to low paying jobs again but this time in the 1980s
people were put onto Government welfare rolls that didn't exist before 1914.
Cumberland, Maryland
Cumberland is a city in the far western, Appalachian portion of Maryland, United States. It is the county seat of Allegany County, and the primary city of the Cumberland, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area. At the 2010 census, the city had a population of 20,859, and the metropolitan area had a...
who served as Mayor of Cumberland from 1914 to 1932. Koon had a strong influence over the growth and development of the Cumberland in the early 20th century. Some of his many accomplishments as Mayor include the paving of city streets, the installation of a new water system, the construction of new firehouses, and the expansion of the city's boundaries. Thomas W Koon Fifth term saw the Ku Klux Klan
Ku Klux Klan
Ku Klux Klan, often abbreviated KKK and informally known as the Klan, is the name of three distinct past and present far-right organizations in the United States, which have advocated extremist reactionary currents such as white supremacy, white nationalism, and anti-immigration, historically...
holding a parade in 1924. It was also typical during that era of Jim Crow for politicians like Thomas Koon to segregate people by race by local ordinance or enforcing statewide ordinance. During his third term Cumberland was home to smuggling of Alcohol
Alcohol
In chemistry, an alcohol is an organic compound in which the hydroxy functional group is bound to a carbon atom. In particular, this carbon center should be saturated, having single bonds to three other atoms....
during Prohibation. During his tenure Cumberland went from a low paying city to well paying manufacturing jobs that lasted until the 1980s
1980s
File:1980s decade montage.png|thumb|400px|From left, clockwise: The first Space Shuttle, Columbia, lifted off in 1981; American President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev eased tensions between the two superpowers, leading to the end of the Cold War; The Fall of the Berlin Wall in...
where it went back to low paying jobs again but this time in the 1980s
1980s
File:1980s decade montage.png|thumb|400px|From left, clockwise: The first Space Shuttle, Columbia, lifted off in 1981; American President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev eased tensions between the two superpowers, leading to the end of the Cold War; The Fall of the Berlin Wall in...
people were put onto Government welfare rolls that didn't exist before 1914.