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The Dante Shop
Now you can purchase Dante goodies online, safely and securely. Many of our items have been
marked down for clearance. All proceeds go to Dante Lives On, Inc.

Dante Lives On Membership
Now you can join or renew your membership online!
 

Dante Lives On Membership  $5.00

Additional Household Members $1.00

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Apparel

Dante VA Hoodies

Available in S, M, L $20.00
Also XXL, XXXL $25.00
 

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Dante Lives On
T-Shirts

S, M, L $5.00
XL, XXL $7.00
 

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Dante Coal & Railroad Museum Hats
Available in the above colors.
$10.00 $5.00
 
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Christmas Ornaments

The Old Bank Building

The Clinchfield Inn

The Dante Depot

The Union Church


The first 4 commemorative ornaments are now available in a set for $12.00   

The 2007 ornament, which features the Coal Miners' Memorial, not yet pictured here, will be available for $10.00

Book and CDs

Memories From Dante:
The Life of a Coal Town

A collection of oral histories, photographs and documents contributed by Dante people to tell the history of this old coal town from the earliest days up to the closing of the last coal mine in 1959. The hardcover book has 525 pages, over 800 photographs, and a complete index.

$48.00
 

Do, Die, or Get Along
A Tale of Two Appalachian Towns

Weaves together voices of twenty-six people who have intimate connections to two neighboring towns in the southwestern Virginia coal country - St Paul and Dante. This book offers an account of persistence, resourcefulness, and eclectic redefinition of success and community revival, with ramifications well beyond Appalachia.

$20.00
 

Music of Coal:
Mining Songs from the Appalachian Coalfields

The two-CD set Music of Coal: Mining Songs from the Appalachian Coalfields collects 48 songs addressing various aspects of coalmining history and culture, including black lung, union organizing, environmental impacts and the contribution of coal to the national economy. The CDs are accompanied by a richly detailed book of liner notes and lyrics, as well as striking historical photographs.

$35.00

Dante Reunion 2005

This special CD contains 220 pictures of people (most of them identified) and activities at the event and several locations in and around Dante. The August 2005 Reunion attracted over 900 people. The pictures can be viewed on a computer and on a DVD player that can play jpeg image files. (Check your DVD manual before ordering). $10.00 On Sale! $2.00