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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 Eastern Kentucky Coalfield covers 31 counties with a combined land area of 13,370 sq mi (34,628 km 2), or about 33.1 percent of the state's land area.Its 2000 census population was 734,194 inhabitants, or about 18.2 percent of the state's population.
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.
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 ...
Two men died at the mine in a cart crash in 2000, leading federal regulators to issue safety citations. Site of fatal Eastern Kentucky coal tipple collapse was in the process of being reclaimed ...
Leslie County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky.Its county seat and largest city is Hyden. [1] As of the 2020 census, the population was 10,513. [2] It was formed in 1878 from portions of Clay, Harlan, and Perry counties, and named for Preston Leslie, governor of Kentucky from 1871 to 1875.
Preston Leslie was born in Clinton County, Kentucky (then a part of Wayne County), on March 8, 1819.He was the second son of Vachel H. and Sarah Hopkins Leslie. He was educated in the public schools, then studied law under Judge Rice Maxey.
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 ...
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