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        Hurshel Johnson”s General Store
        Hurshel Johnson”s General Store
        Located on the Right Fork of Long Fork
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        George Johnson, The Pine Mountain Lawman
        George Johnson, The Pine Mountain Lawman
        Big George Johnson
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        Two Hundred Years of Merchants and Dealers Gallery
        Two Hundred Years of Merchants and Dealers Gallery
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        G. W. Stewart Triumph Motorcycle Sales
        G. W. Stewart Triumph Motorcycle Sales
        Located on Pool Point Curve, near Elkhorn City KY.
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        Raider Hale’s Pond Creek Service Station
        Raider Hale’s Pond Creek Service Station
        Rader Hale’s Harley Davidson Sales, McAndrews KY. Photos Courtesy of Red Robin Stone Heritage Archives.
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        John Paul Riddle
        John Paul Riddle
        VIDEO – Embry-Riddle Celebrates its History – https://youtu.be/Iy8j59l-HjQ Formerly a barnstormer and flying instructor for stunt pilots, John Paul Riddle was a pioneer in aviation history taking the controls only 17 years after the Wright brothers’ first flight. His career in aviation had taken him from the Embry-Riddle Flying School
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        Trachoma Hospital
        Trachoma Hospital
             As we enter into another Landmark Centennial Celebration, on December 25, 1924. A 56 bed hospital opened its doors for the first time. The state of the art facility was named The Methodist Hospital of Kentucky. The Methodist Hospital of Kentucky and its predecessor Pikeville Methodist Hospital have
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        WECL Radio
        WECL Radio
        Located in Elkhorn City KY WECL, FM 103.1, signed on the air for the first time on the morning of September 28, 1974.  With studios on Main Street in Elkhorn City, Kentucky, the station operated under Mountain Interstate Broadcasting Co., owned by Allen Epling, a science teacher at Elkhorn City
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        WHJC and WVKM Radio
        WHJC and WVKM Radio
        Located in McCarr Kentucky June 9, 1950. Three States Bcstg. Co. seeks 1360 kc, 1 kw-D. Estimated construction cost $18,791.02. Principals in Three States include: Fred A. Staples, pastor Striker Bible Church, president and general manager, 25%; Fred L. Morningstar, assistant director Southern Highland Evangel Inc., Biggs, Ky., vice president, 25%;
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        WLSI Radio
        WLSI Radio
        WSLI Radio was part of the Eastern Kentucky Radio Corporation (Group). The original incorporators were: W. J. Ward, Earl M. Tyson, Thomas J. Holland, W. W. Huffman, and E. Bruce Walters. Incorporated April 19, 1946.
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