Antebellum coal mining in Pike County was a hit-and-miss proposition, not only for entrepreneurs but for laborers, as well. Sometimes sufficient rainfall allowed the coal to be transported downriver, but dry spells just as often kept the coal boats moored to the riverbank. Even before the formation of Pike County

THE STORY OF THE METHODIST HOSPITAL OF KENTUCKY, ITS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM AND HEALING MINISTRY FIFTY YEARS OF PROGRESS 1922-1972 Dedication Prayer At the Opening of Pikeville Methodist Hospital December 5, 1971 Given by Rev. J. I. Meyer God, our Father: Words fail to express the warmth and play of our

Photos curtesy of Daniel Childers. Above is a train wreck at Hellier KY in 1911. Above is a picture looking up the street of Titanic and Noah Ark Constitution; these buildings were made up of 30 combined homes on the right, and 31 combined homes on the left. This is

Click on image to enlarge. We recommend using “right click” to open in a new tab. Soon after Yellow Poplar Lumber Company’s first big test run of 6,000 logs, as seen in the photo above, a great number of timbers were left in the big boulders of The Breaks. Yellow

Above is the Elswick Hotel in Elkhorn City. Special thanks to Roy Owens. Above is a sawmill that sat on the Mill-Race Point in Praise KY. The steam hoist behind pulled logs out of the Russel Fork River. Special thanks to Roy Owens. Above is a town map of Elkhorn

Superintendent’s Residence, Pond Creek Coal Company. 1930?

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Rogers Elkhorn Virgie Photos Virgie Photos Myra just above Virgie