By popular demand, we visited the hometown of Homer Hickam Official Page and the Rocket Boys, as made famous in Hickam's book The Rocket Boys and the movie October Sky. Coalwood, West Virginia was such a great place to visit, I loved learning about and seeing the history of the area and we hope you enjoy watching this video. | The Appalachian Project
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