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In a cabin on a hill in Butcher Holler. Later in the song, she also mentions Van Lear, the larger community in which Butcher Hollow is located: My daddy worked all night in the Van Lear coal mines. All day long in the fields a-hoein corn [3] Butcher Hollow took the name of a nearby valley which was named for the local Butcher family. [4]
The total population of the Van Lear postal district (including Butcher Hollow) is over 3000. The Van Lear mines are referred to by country music singer Loretta Lynn in her songs " Coal Miner's Daughter " and in the title song of her Van Lear Rose album, by Tyler Childers in the song "Coal" from his " Bottles and Bibles " album, and by Dwight ...
The Park was the original site of Transylvania College until the building was destroyed by fire in 1829. The Transylvania campus was moved across Third Street to its present location. At the northern edge of the park is the "Fountain of Youth," built in memory of Lexington author James Lane Allen using proceeds willed to the city by Allen. The ...
Woodland Park long ago was the property of Mr. Irwin, son-in-law of Henry Clay, and was the site of the Agricultural College when it was established as a branch of Kentucky University in 1865. Every year the Woodland Arts Festival brings artists all over central Kentucky to share their talents for purchase.
The owner, however, disapproved the title, so Citation was chosen out of a draw at the Kentucky Horse Park. [1] Citation, a bay colt bred at the Calumet Farm, won the 1948 Triple Crown and raced for seven years and was also the first horse to earn $1 million. The section from US 421 to KY 922 was designated as Kentucky Route 1878 on March 16 ...
Wellington is a neighborhood in southwestern Lexington, Kentucky, United States. Its boundaries are Wellington Way to the north and east, Keithshire Way to the south, and Clays Mill Road to the west. Its boundaries are Wellington Way to the north and east, Keithshire Way to the south, and Clays Mill Road to the west.
South Point is a neighborhood in southeastern Lexington, Kentucky, United States. Its boundaries are Nicholasville Road to the west, the Jessamine County line to the south, the newer Waterford neighborhood to the east, and Waveland Museum Lane to the north.
Ashland is the name of the plantation of the 19th-century Kentucky statesman Henry Clay, [2] located in Lexington, Kentucky, in the central Bluegrass region of the state. The buildings were built by slaves who also grew and harvested hemp, farmed livestock, and cooked and cleaned for the Clays.