DID YOU KNOW THAT THOMAS BROKAW WAS THE FIRST TO HOOK UP TO A GAS LINE? HE PAID TO HAVE IT RUN DOWN TO HIS HOME, IT STARTED UP CLOSE TO THE CHURCH JUST ON THE RIGHT SIDE. HE WAS TOLD IF AND WHEN ANYONE ELSE WOULD HOOK UP TO IT HE WOULD BE PAID, TOO. AS YOU CAN GUESS THAT DIDN’T HAPPEN AND HE DIDN’T CARE AS LONG AS HE DIDNT HAVE TO DO THE COAL THING ANY MORE.