Tavern Keepers and Ferry Boats of Pike County
An early traveler required taverns for overnight lodging, whether it was near the forest trail, up or down the Sandy River these taverns located in Pike County, and in the city of Pikeville, were always welcome pleasures. A place of safety and a place out of the cold. This was a continuance of early Virginia…
Mayo Trail News
It was February 10, 1945. Three friends from Jonancy were traveling north on old US 23 where the highway crosses Long Fork. Palmer “Pell” Little was driving. His passengers were Burl Osborne and Norman Linzy Hall. Pell was the son of Dave and Cordelia Little. Burl was the son of Joe and Florence Osborne. Norman…
South Mayo Trail – Project #6
South Mayo Trail Merchants and Retailers C & W Justice Hardware Bobby Hall Texaco and Wrecker Service Helen’s Floral Shop / The Old Norton Floral Kelly’s Drive-In Huffman Supply Co. your local Southern States dealer owned by Charles Huffman Baby Ritz Drive-In Montgomery Ward At Yorktown Montgomery Ward At Yorktown Before Three-Way Service, Shelby Bridge…
Clinchfield Railroad
The Clinchfield Number One “’Spot” is the oldest regularly scheduled steam engine in the United States. The Number One was originally built by the Logansport, Indiana Shops of the Columbus, Cincinnati and Indiana Central Railroad in April 1882 and was released, with the number #423. It, through various ownerships, became Engine Number One on the…
Industrial Shippers Guide of the Norfolk & Western Railway 1919
The Pond Creek Railroad Spur
The Maxie Yost Steam Boat – Pikeville’s Finest
The steam boat landing is located directly behind the Pike County Courthouse.
First Licensed Ferry Operation in Pike County
Licensed to Elijah Adkins in 1825. This service was located at Peach Orchard Bottom, strait across from the Mouth fo Chloe Creek.
Precursor of U.S. Highway 23
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?
SANDY VALLEY & ELKHORN RAILROAD
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 Creek, in Kentucky, to the…
