Main Street Branch Est. July 15, 1952. John M. Yost, Vice President and Cashier. South Mayo Branch. Elkhorn City Branch.

PUBLIC SCHOOL BASKETBALL IS A MOUNTAIN INSTITUTION. It has often been said that business deals and new acquaintances in eastern Kentucky are often made at one of two functions, a basketball game or a funeral. Anthony Hawkins, a regular contributor of material to the Pike County Historical Society website, came

  Not long after the 1756 Big Sandy Expedition, we have heard of countless stories about explorers passing through the Sandy Ridge Gap. We would have to wonder how many hide-stretched canoes made the treacherous journey down the Russell Fork – Sandy Creek many years ago. The photos displayed below

            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.