Coal mining equipment is housed in this structure made entirely of coal. Home to the Bell County Chamber of Commerce, this building is truly a unique landmark. The Coal House was built in 1926 out of 42 tons of bituminous coal.
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Bell County’s memories are on display, including railroad and coal mine artifacts. Museum also features the history and heritage of Southeastern Kentucky.
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The Big Sandy Heritage Center preserves the history of the Big Sandy Valley. Located in downtown Pikeville, listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is one of the properties listed on the downtown walking tour. Antebellum decades, farming, coal, floods, frontier era, transportation, illegal liquor, personalities, moving mountains and the Hatfield & McCoy
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As you tour this village, you will see the four cabin styles found on the Kentucky frontier. These styles include the simple one-room, the two-room, the saddlebag and the dogtrot. Also recognized in these cabins are the different types of notches such as the V, the half-lap and the dovetail. The log cabin became the
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Located on Walnut Street and overlooking the downtown section of Hazard, the Bobby Davis Museum was founded by Lawrence Davis as a memorial to his son and other fallen veterans during World War II. This lush, urban forest and museum is a centerpiece for the City of Hazard. The curator for the Museum, Martha Quigley,
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A treasure trove of Appalachian with an outstanding photograph collection. Exhibits include prehistoric life, early farming, textile production, men’s work, logging, and military.
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Adjacent to the Courthouse, honors all Breathitt Countians who served or paid the supreme sacrifice during the 20th Century. During World War I, this county attained national prominence by filling its quota of service men by volunteers. No men had to be drafted from Breathitt, the only county in the United States with this record.
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“Bloody Breathitt Historical Marker on Courthouse lawn. The courthouse that stood here, 1899-1963, was a landmark of Kentucky’s feudin’ ‘n’ fightin’”. Stemming from Civil War, family feuds and political disagreements, unnumbered slayings, ambushes and assassinations occurred between 1870-1920. In 11 months (1901-02), 40 men were slain. Probably 100 Breathitt County officials were killed in that
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At least 8 Old World alphabets are engraved on it. These alphabets were extinct when Columbus arrived in the New World in 1492. The alphabets are first century Greek and Hebrew, Old Libyan, Old Arabic and Iberian-Punic which probably dates from the 9th century B.C. Ogam, Germanic Runes, and Tiffinag-Numidian are also on this stone.
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Dr. Walker was the first white man to build a house in the state of Kentucky. He was here 19 years before Daniel Boone and he also named the Cumberland Gap and the Cumberland River after the Duke of Cumberland. He left the markers so it was very easy for Boone to navigate through the
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