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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The Black Gold Festival is Kentucky’s second largest festival (the Kentucky Derby Festival Marathon/mini-Marathon is the largest). Festival goers can see the Black Gold Bike Show, the Road Hazards Extreme Team Stunt Show, the Black Diamond Street Rod Show, Antique Appraisals, the Ugliest Lamp Contest, a parade, and an assortment of food vendors and arts
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Bob Amos Park is housed within scenic mountain beauty, with a walking track, trails, picnic areas and shelters. Come and see the second largest earth removal project in U.S. history, the Pikeville Cut-Through Project, from a scenic overlook within walking distance of the RV park.
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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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Breathitt County Public Library is located on College Avenue with over 60,000 books, videos, & recorded books. BCPL offers programming for all ages, public computer access, expanded children’s area and a genealogy research room.
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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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Today Appalshop operates a radio station, a theater, a public art gallery, a record label, an archive, a filmmaking institute, a reproductive justice program, a community development program, and a frankly dizzying array of other initiatives, all in a renovated warehouse in downtown Whitesburg, Kentucky.
