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The Big Sandy Expedition was an early campaign of the American Civil War in Kentucky that began in mid-September 1861 when Union Brig. Gen. William "Bull" Nelson received orders to organize a new brigade at Maysville, Kentucky and conduct an expedition into the Big Sandy Valley region of Eastern Kentucky and stop the build-up of Confederate forces under Col. John S. Williams.
The old road from the town of Cumberland Gap, Tennessee to Middlesboro, Kentucky through the mountain pass was paved and completed on October 3, 1908. This was an "object-lesson" road (a new kind of paved macadam construction funded by local communities but with federal governmental supervision) initiated by the U.S. Office of Public Roads.
Prestonsburg is the location of the Mountain Arts Center, which hosts music concerts and is home to the Kentucky Opry. Middle Creek National Battlefield is the site of the largest and most significant Civil War battle in Eastern Kentucky. Prestonsburg is home to the Samuel May House, the Big Sandy Valley's oldest known brick home.
The Old Buncombe Road, also known, wholly or in part, as the Catawba Trail, the Drovers' Road, the Old Charleston Road, the Saluda Gap Road, the Saluda Mountain Road, the Old Warm Springs Road, and the Buncombe Turnpike, was a 19th-century wagon road in North America connecting the Carolinas to Kentucky and Tennessee, which had access by river ...
On the morning of Aug. 4, 1917, a methane gas explosion at the Western Kentucky Coal Company’s No. 7 mine in Webster County killed 62 of the 153 men underground at the time. The other 91 men in ...
KY 2553 north (Old Preston Highway North) to KY 1116 (Zoneton Road) Southern terminus of KY-2553: Zoneton: 137.729: 221.653: KY 1116 east (Old Preston Highway North) Western terminus of KY-1116: Jefferson: Louisville: 138.989: 223.681: KY 2053 east (Mt. Washington Road) Western terminus of KY-2053: 140.129: 225.516: I-265 (Gene Snyder Freeway ...
Those headed to Pine Mountain State Resort Park should go to 1050 State Park Road, Pineville, KY 40977. A man prepares to launch a boat near flooded Wolverine Road in Breathitt County, Ky., on ...
Map of Middle Creek Battlefield core and study areas by the American Battlefield Protection Program. The Battle of Middle Creek was an engagement fought January 10, 1862, in Eastern Kentucky during the American Civil War. [2] It was the only battle personally commanded by future president James A. Garfield, then a colonel in the Union Army.
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