The image of the beautiful and smiling Grace Moore isn't indicative of Campbell County's history.... The history of this county is dominated by coal mining (and it is one of only four Tennessee counties that still has active coal mines today). The town of LaFollette was founded by an Indiana businessman of that name who bought 30,000 acres here and for many years operated the entire area as his personal business empire. According to a local history web site, "the LaFollette operation included coke ovens . . . blast furnace, numerous coal mines, iron mines, railroads and, of course, a thriving city."