Licensed to Elijah Adkins in 1825. This service was located at Peach Orchard Bottom, strait across from the Mouth fo Chloe Creek.

Who would ever know that 95 years later, this would be the future permanent location for most of the 2-lane section of U.S. 23 through Pike County?

On March 24, 1911, The Big Sandy News published an article on page 1, announcing Langhorne and Langhorne of Richmond, Virginia, was awarded a contract for the construction of the Consolidated Coal Co.’s line of railroad from a connection with the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway at the mouth of Shelby