Bell County, Kentucky : a brief history /
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| Language: | English |
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Charleston, S.C. :
History Press,
2009.
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Table of Contents:
- Early residents
- Walker enters Kentucky
- Walden, Finley and Boone
- The Wilderness Road
- Early settlements
- Kentucky becomes a state and Cumberland Ford
- The Civil War and the tragedy of Cumberland Ford
- Josh Bell County formed
- Cumberland Ford thrives and Middlesborough begins
- Mining and railroads come to the county
- Pineville incorporated
- Middlesborough : tent city to magic city
- Boom and then bust
- Surviving the bust and the first legal hanging
- Coal creates new boom
- Growth continues
- Mine accidents and economic woes
- Improving roads and the last hanging
- World war brings another boom
- Education improves in the '20s
- Hollywood comes to Bell County and the first park is created
- The Crash, Kettle Island mine disaster and union trouble
- The Depression, a female sheriff and chaining the rock
- Battle of Fork Ridge and world war
- Tragedy and disaster
- On to fame and fortune
- Radio stations and national park
- Broadform deeds and strip mining
- Rhodes, Yeary and Job
- Flood and floodwall
- Closing the twentieth century.