LOIS SMITH HIERS One woman's story is the word I write, And no invention, or the page is clear... She rises early, eager as the light To tend her garden, setting rose-roots where The world goes by, then leans upon her hoe In languorous daydream... --Lois Smith Hiers The name

Mining the Upper Shelby Creek, Elkhorn Creek of the Levisa River, Boone Fork and Rockhouse Fork, North Fork of the Kentucky River tributaries in the early 1970’s. The machine in the picture is a Salem Auger Model-1500. Tackett-Manning Coal Corporation had several mining operations working simultaneously during the coal boom

Photo is courtesy of The Elkhorn City Heritage Council.

Thanks to Doug Kretzer with The Mountain Sports Hall of Fame for the photos and content. In Search of John O’Neil In April a friend and one of the great historians in the Big Sandy Valley sent me a message saying he and others were building a Pike County History

This is part of the Praise Baseball team. Named from left to right: Ben Wright, Frank Wright, Booker Wright, Benton Wright, and Charlie Wright. Photo is courtesy of The Elkhorn City Heritage Council.

It was the mid-to-late 1930s, 1938 or so, and the site was the Ratliff Cemetery at Shelbiana.  If you look at the distant mountaintop, the right-of-way for the coming power lines is cut, but there are no wires or poles.  The crowd is gathered for the burial of a stone

During the 2nd Kentucky Constitutional Convention of 1799, the governor was allowed to appoint Judges, Sheriffs, Coroners, and Justices of the Peace. John Hargis Kinsley B Cecil Martin Mims William Ferguson Elijah Adkins Nathan Hamilton William Pinson John Sword William Owens James Ferguson Martin Thornberry

During the 2nd Kentucky Constitutional Convention of 1799, the governor was allowed to appoint Judges, Sheriffs, Coroners, and Justices of the Peace. Richard Damron William Cecil

During the 2nd Kentucky Constitutional Convention of 1799, the governor was allowed to appoint Judges, Sheriffs, Coroners, and Justices of the Peace. Thomas Owens William Campbell John Bevins Allen Lesley Thomas Bevins William Ramey William Tackett John Deskins