Kentucky Mountain Living…Looking Back
Life in the mountains of East Kentucky has been demanding since the early days of European (mostly Scotch-Irish and English) settlement. In the many isolated valleys and hollows, it is a hardscrabble life, even today….
A Story For Change In Eastern Kentucky Coal Country
The library at the Lotts Creek Community School is buzzing with excitement as a half-dozen grade schoolers struggle into full-body protective “wee bee” suits. As they labor with zippers and wrestle with veils, a visitor…
Kentucky’s Lost Mountains
If Google Earth does nothing else, it has allowed people who never would have the opportunity to fly over this part of the country actually see the effects of coal mining on the mountains.
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