Film depicts an Appalachian tragedy
Documentary recalls 1958 school bus crash that killed 26 children in Floyd County
By Rich Copley rcopley@herald-leader.com
Associated Press
A school bus that carried 26 children and a driver to their deaths is shown after it was pulled from the Levisa Fork, Floyd County, near Prestonburg, Ky., on March 3, 1958. Fifteen bodies where [...]
My family ties are in and around Pilgrim, Martin Co., KY. I was surprised to find a front page article in the Lexington Herald Leader about this small area that I always saw as “going up Mamaw’s”. I spent a lot of my childhood in Pilgrim, KY, being brought home there and living there the [...]
Rest of the Story ...I would like to take a moment to introduce you to a wonderful, intelligent and determined young man who has overcome more in his 33 years of life, than most of us will face in a lifetime. Larry has not shied away from adversity, but faced it head-on and overcame. He is such an inspirataion, [...]
Rest of the Story ...Noah Maynard
BACK IN 1960 WAS BAD AND GOOD TIMES FAMILY’S DID NOT HAVE MUCH BUT WE HAD LOVE
DAD HAD A THIRD GRADE EDUCATION
IN MARKUM HOLLOW MARRIED RUTH SHE WAS 14 HAD HARD TIMES LIVED ON $200 DOING ODD JOBS AND NINE CHILDREN BORN AT HOME NO HOSPITAL IN MARTIN CO KY
FATHER’S WAS CAL HAPPY PAPPIES [...]
This article was in the Lexington Herald Leader and I thought I would share. I will copy and paste it, but you can also visit it directly
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Mining for tourism: Exhibit offers look inside coal mine
HARLAN EXHIBIT OFFERS VISITORS A DEEPER LOOK AT COAL HISTORY
By Dori Hjalmarson - dhjalmarson@herald-leader.com
LYNCH — After 32 years of development and [...]
Rest of the Story ...Appalachian Folk has excited news. I have obtained the upcoming schedule for Thomas Freese, Kentucky Author and Storyteller. Mr. Freese has written several books including Shaker Ghost Stories
from Pleasant Hill Kentucky; Fog Swirler and 11Other Ghost Stories;Strange and Wonderful
Things: A Collection Of Ghost Stories with Special Appearances by Witches and Other Bizarre Creatures and; Haunted Battlefields [...]
Appalachia has very beautiful landscape. In order to protect and preserve the landscape, in 1911, Congress passed the Weeks Act, giving the federal government authority to create national forests and control timber harvesting. Regional writers and business interests led a movement to create national parks in the eastern United States, culminating in the creation of [...]
Rest of the Story ...The U.S. Geological Survey has published its new National Coal Resource Assessment Overview, which projected that Appalachia will reach “peak coal” in perhaps about 10 years — by 2020, according to Coal Tattoo. Peak coal is the point where the maximum rate of production is reached, after which the rate of production enters terminal decline.
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Gymnocladus Dioicus, also known as the Kentucky Coffee Tree, has been deemed suitable for urban planting. The plant got its local name when early Ky Settlers noticed that the seeds of the tree resembled coffee and roasted them for that purpose. The “coffee”, when drank in large quantities, was poisonous to its consumer.
The Ky Coffee [...]
This is the Harlan County USA movie trailer. This is a documentary talking about the mine strikes of Harlan County, Kentucky in 1973 where the laborers and miners of Harlan took on the mine owner.Harlan County USA
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