A Giant Rises In the Mountains

The million-dollar Tipple would have cost more than $18.82 million dollars in today’s currency. A giant would soon rise from the valley floor and tower over the Dunham Community of Jenkins.

The History of St. George Church

Dedicated under the patronage of St. George. The St. George Church was also named for Bishop George A. Carrell, who was the first Bishop of Covington.

The Story of the YMCA of 1912.

A strong need for a place to relax and find entertainment among the young men working on Consolidation Coal’s Jenkins Ky construction project is met.

How Jenkins, Kentucky Got Its Name

Written by David Sergent How Jenkins, Kentucky got its name was a little bit of a mystery for a couple of years. Not a lot of people spoke about it. This is the story about how the little town came about and the man from whom it got it’s name. The Problem The year is […]

New Bank in the Coal Country Installed in 1911

This article is a re-written version of the half-page article that appeared in the Mountain Eagle in June of 1912.   None of this is a direct quote and it is completely my own words.  Letcher County is Coal Country. At the time, there were very few banking systems in place in the USA. The Jenkins National […]

The Harlan County Coal Wars 1931-1939

The Harlan County Wars took on its own epic spin on the ongoing fight between labor disputes and the coal operators and owners lasting almost ten years.