Hemphill Coal Mine Memorial Written by Joanna Adams Sergent There is a very quiet place in Letcher County in the Community of Hemphill, Kentucky. The
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Leonard Henry Banks
Leonard Henry Banks[spacer height=”10″]The following article is written by Nora Fleming Figger.[spacer height=”10″]Like a still river that flows through the community and the city, we
Jenkins History pt4
Jenkins History Part 4[spacer height=”6″] Some of the first equipment to arrive were the saw mills and brick plants, along with 2 types of kilns,
Jenkins History pt3
Jenkins History part 3 January 1910… the Consolidation Coal Company is faced with a dilemma they had purchased options on 100,000 acres of land… Land
David A Zegeer Coal-Railroad Museum
We would like to thank: The David A Zegeer Coal-Railroad Museum and Eileen Williams Sanders… Without your help none of our work on the History of Jenkins
Jenkins History
Jenkins History part 1[spacer height=”5″] Civil War veteran Captain Richard Broas of New York was not a geologist he was an engineer by vocation and
Interview with Roy Fleming
Interview with Roy Fleming The Consolidation Coal Company bought the coal rights. B. F. Johnson, merchant, had a store in Long Fork in Pike County. The
Interview with R. H. Wassum
Interview with R. H. Wassum My dad came to Norton after I was born in Norfolk. They brought me to Norton in 1900. I lived in
Interview with Mrs. Maude Flint
Interview with Mrs. Maude Flint. When you moved to McRoberts to Tom Biggs, were people living in the houses on Band Mill Hill? Yes. The upper
Interview with Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Johnson
Interview with Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Johnson Mr. Johnson, when and how did you come to Jenkins? In 1911 — I came to Shelby
