Bell County, Kentucky
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Bell County, Kentucky

A Brief History

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Bell County, Kentucky

A Brief History

About this book

Site of the Gateway to the West, the Cumberland Gap, the history of Kentucky begins right here in Bell County. Early pioneers like Thomas Walker and Daniel Boone endured the untamed wilderness and opened the door to the Bluegrass for civilizations to follow. Those who subsequently made their homes here?who eked a living out of the rocky soil, survived civil war, world war, labor war and the booms and busts of timber and coal?have preserved this pioneering spirit. Lifelong resident Tim Cornett presents the history of his homeland from its first known inhabitants through the twentieth century, drawing on old letters, memoirs and personal interviews from the men and women who explored the land, exploited the land and shaped it into the Bell County we know today.

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Information

Year
2009
eBook ISBN
9781625843227
Edition
0

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Foreword
  8. Introduction
  9. Chapter 1. Early Residents
  10. Chapter 2. Walker Enters Kentucky
  11. Chapter 3. Walden, Finley and Boone
  12. Chapter 4. The Wilderness Road
  13. Chapter 5. Early Settlements
  14. Chapter 6. Kentucky Becomes a State and Cumberland Ford
  15. Chapter 7. The Civil War and the Tragedy of Cumberland Ford
  16. Chapter 8. Josh Bell County Formed
  17. Chapter 9. Cumberland Ford Thrives and Middlesborough Begins
  18. Chapter 10. Mining and Railroads Come to the County
  19. Chapter 11. Pineville Incorporated
  20. Chapter 12. Middlesborough: Tent City to Magic City
  21. Chapter 13. Boom and then Bust
  22. Chapter 14. Surviving the Bust and the First Legal Hanging
  23. Chapter 15. Coal Creates New Boom
  24. Chapter 16. Growth Continues
  25. Chapter 17. Mine Accidents and Economic Woes
  26. Chapter 18. Improving Roads and the Last Hanging
  27. Chapter 19. World War Brings Another Boom
  28. Chapter 20. Education Improves in the ’20s
  29. Chapter 21. Hollywood Comes to Bell County and the First Park Is Created
  30. Chapter 22. The Crash, Kettle Island Mine Disaster and Union Trouble
  31. Chapter 23. The Depression, a Female Sheriff and Chaining the Rock
  32. Chapter 24. Battle of Fork Ridge and World War
  33. Chapter 25. Tragedy and Disaster
  34. Chapter 26. On to Fame and Fortune
  35. Chapter 27. Radio Stations and National Park
  36. Chapter 28. Broadform Deeds and Strip Mining
  37. Chapter 29. Rhodes, Yeary and Job
  38. Chapter 30. Flood and Floodwall
  39. Chapter 31. Closing the Twentieth Century
  40. Bibliography
  41. About the Author