The Old Union Church was established in 1820.  Its founders were members of the Salem Regular Baptist Church of the New Salem Association.  William Tackett, who became moderator of the new church once it was established, and a few others took an arm and started it on Indian Creek near the present

Ratliff Tavern was located where the current Pikeville City Park is today.

J. B. ELKHORN COAL COMPANY, Douglas, Hildason, Ky.(Mine No. 2.)Geo. A. Clutts, Superintendent; J. N. Woolum, Mine Foreman. Located on the S. V. & E. Railway. Operating the lower Elkhorn seam, 54 inches. Employing about 65 men. Electric equipment. Visited January 9, 1922. Found in fair condition. This report was

USGS TOPO MAP / DORTON 1954 Esco Railroad Siding and Tipple ESCO MINE CAR DISASTER Dec. 5, 1929 2 MEN KILLED, 2 HURT IN MINE INCLINE CRASH _______________ HATTON BURKE, SEEKING JOB, IS VICTIM AS CAR RUNS WILD _______________ TAN BRANHAM DIES AT HOSPITAL HERE _______________ OTHERS JUMP TO SAFETY

Tickets from a time when one of these would allow you to ride the rails from Jenkins down the length of the Big Sandy valley to Ashland.  (Courtesy of Anthony Hawkins)

 A 1905-memo book from Bud Williamson’s General Merchandise Store at Piso, Kentucky.  The pencil notations tell us that not only was Williamson a dry goods merchant, but he also dabbled in the timber business.  With no calculators or computers, a blank memo book from a vendor, a lead pencil, and