Kentucky Highlands

These pictures were all taken towards the end of 1945 in Bell County Kentucky. They show a brief view of life in a Coal Camp. There were literally hundreds of camps just like these spread out through out the Kentucky Highlands. Life was hard, short and difficult for the families that retrieved millions of dollars [...]

by Theodore Roosevelt
The American backwoodsmen had surged up, wave upon wave, till their mass trembled in the troughs of the Alleghenies, ready to flood the continent beyond. The people threatened by them were dimly conscious of the danger which as yet only loomed in the distance. Far off, among their quiet adobe villages, in the [...]

 Stinking Creek
by John Fetterman
Stinking Creek was published in 1967 just as the War on Poverty was kicking into high gear. The author, John Fetterman, travels to Stinking Creel in Knox County Kentucky to learn about these mountain men that the government is so eager to help after decades of exploitation. He comes away with a [...]

For those following Kentucky Highlands, you know we had a massive data lose. We are rebuilding as fast as we can. Expect some update this weekend. June 6 to 8 2008. Thanks for your patience.