The tent colony in Ocean Grove on a summer afternoon.

They forced strikers out of the tent colony into the Helper school yard and ordered them to form lines.

Company allies, in turn, attacked the tent colonies with coal field versions of drive-by shootings.

During that dispute, agents drove a heavily armored train through a tent colony at night, opening fire on women, men, and children with a machine gun.

Evenings are magical in the tent colony.

There were mixed reports from the island's two tent colonies.

Within three years, the tent colony evolved into a town, as the association bought more land and sold off development rights to 1,000 building lots.

By 1927, it was a sprawling tent colony, with indoor plumbing and electric lighting.

After being kicked out of their company-owned homes, the strikers and their families set up tent colonies on public property.

A retired teacher of physical education, Ms. Nichols boasts the tent colony's only washing machine.