Harlan kentucky

Scenic Harlan in the Applachian Mountains of Eastern Kentucky as seen from Ivy Hill. Looking across to the elementary school then on to town and in the direction of Sunshine.

Kentucky Coal Heritage - Wheelwright, Kentucky

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Visit Portal 31, Kentucky's only underground mine tour featuring interactive animatronic exhibits while you learn how coal shaped a nation.

This picture shows the depot located on South Main Street in 1971. There are even a few freight cars on the siding of the Louisville & Nashville rail line. There are more photos around the county in the Flickr photo group for Harlan. Harlan County on Flickr

The 19 vintage photos of Kentucky coal mining life give a rare insight into the life and times of coal miners and their families in the early 1900s.

What is the difference between nineteenth-century coal mining and submitting work to literary journals? None, apparently, at least to hear writers tell it. And there is definitely some overlap. Both can keep you in the dark for a long period of time. And both have the potential to kill canaries—to silence their songs. But there’s nothing inherently deadly about submitting work to journals. It just feels that way sometimes, when we’re waiting for tardy responses or anteing up another $3…

We are born to leave here. The scriptures has told us that everybody won't sleep in the grave, that there can come a time for a change. How many of you have read about the rapture of the church? How many of you have read that story over at …

Another shot of Central Street in #Historic Downtown #Harlan #Kentucky! #VisitHarlan (Photo credit to Jamey Middleton)