My parents were stalwarts. You hit home with many of your comments being born and raised in Eastern Kentucky, Sandy Hook, Elliott County to be exact. Are we still allowed to be in Appalachia? I can connect with outlanders here in Georgetown by telling them, I was there the day that McDonalds opened..great times! Harlan County, Kentucky: UMWA on a 13-month strike at Brookside mines and on the pick line at Highsplint mine. I got away. We were not eligible for the government cheese, but my aunt was, & she would always bring us some, every month. Hey, I actually remember the Cliff Hanger (by reputation only), but it was not for my younger crowd. After all no one I know would go north of the Ky border to see. She taught Home Ec, but also taught other classes. Awesome story. Absolutely loved this!! I believe they graduated for there on 83. Harlan is total badass. We just live somewhere else. Even though they know whats best for Harlan, we dont really like them. The school closed. My life is very much divided into two partsbefore and after Harlan. Ive got a few more Harlan County memories. I live across the mountains from Harlan in a little off the map place called Leatherwood in perry county. It's hard to take Basil seriously until he's shooting. Outlander here Born at HARH, raised in Grays Knob- attended Hall Elementary and Junior High, JACHS and then got out to attend UK. John. Im very impressed by your writing. My dad was one of them, outside Tommy Lees barbershop. Whitley County has an interstate so are they still Eastern Kentucky? That I can remember but I cant find my car in the parking lot? U and I are related. Unless you lived in the town of Harlan, you dont go to the city schoolsHarlan High Elementary and Harlan High School. It has always been home for me. My Mother, Reba Campbell, was born in Liggett. She married a coal miner who also was educated and chose that life. Of course you have to wash it all down with whole milk from Chappells Dairy! Being 60yrs old now, I am very proud of my ancestors and family heritage. Jan had so many stories about the hospital. Since Ive been gone, Harlanlike all of Eastern Kentuckyhas been devastated by prescription drug abuse. South Farmington, NS. My parents (James Depew & Thelma Randolph) grew up in Harlan in the late 20s-30s My Grandfather was Bill Randolph, one time police chief, Constable and apparently gun thug for the man. Janice Banks Premium. Glover Allan (Al) Amherst, NS. When we heard a car coming we knew we were having company.we usually hid to see who it was. Like inner cities, there are generations locked into a poverty cycle. Doc Gray? I rarely saw Janice after I left the hospital, You mustve been a good student, John. Id love to learn more about the people, especially on the other side of the strike. My parents didnt ever say much about their lives or or about my Grandfathers as both of them met violent deaths back then. I have to admit that I enjoy the irony of a sentence like Your ignorant., Its like the guy who commented that Im a fuckin mooron.. The name of the area now came to be because the truckers that hauled from the mill just refrerred to it as Holmes Mill! I married a Lady, born and raised in Harlan. It will always be home., Thanks. Theyre usually the folks who dream of turning all of Eastern Kentucky into a massive tourist destination by having all the people who live there pack up and move. 1939 - 1945 World War II - Ages: 29 - 24 years. We always found lots of mutual interest things to gab about. And hell, I was taken at knife-point down into the creek at Hall when I was in 6th grade. Being a descendant of such a controversial character of those times I may be asking for a social beating on here. You probably know others of my family, like my sister Lisa, that worked at the Enterprise for years and now works for Corrections and lives in Georgetown; or my cousins that went to James A.Cawood, Ruth Ann and Gary Cox. I bet I heard them talking about you. Harlan County, Kentucky: Basil Collins miner foreman and leader/manager of the scabs confronts picketers with a 45 in his right pocket. Im definitely a Harlan County boy. Sweet. The hills and hollers made me who I am today and the people I love still call Eastern Kentucky home. Obituaries of Harlan Funeral Home. My Mom then joined the WAC. Hell, it was the best cheese everthe only thing the Federal Government ever perfected! We had a wonderful daughter and divorced when she was nine. I was born in Pike County but grew up in Flatwoods in Greenup County. Thanks. With our many years of experience in caring for . Foster Funeral . I dont know. If someone tells you that he or she is from Harlan, they could mean any town from Pathfork to Holmes Mill to Cumberland to Cranks. It will now be in Bell County Circuit Court starting Thursday after a change of venue. . I would sometimes go out and spend a month or two with my grandparents and spend some nights with other family members in Harlan and Bell counties. Eastern Kentucky isnt for everybody, it isnt even for a lot of the people who live here their whole life. I was about 11-12 and I remember we played outside constantly. Harlan Countians did not like that. Irene Whitehead Clark. You have to have mountains, not hills. Mountains. Oh, people still get shot occasionally but at much lower rate than wed like you to believe. Both our families are made up of longtime coal miners and school teachers. I lived through that strike, my dad was in charge of security for Eastover, so I guess that made him the head gun thug to many. Harlan County, USA is a 1976 American documentary film covering the "Brookside Strike", [1] a 1973 effort of 180 coal miners and their wives against the Duke Power Company -owned Eastover Coal Company's Brookside Mine and Prep Plant in Harlan County, southeast Kentucky. She is survived by her sons, Nicholas George Ingemi Matthews and Eugene Christopher Hanc. My older brother and sister were both born at Lynch Hospital. They had two fabulous sons who have college education with degrees in medical field and other fields. As I was merrily driving along, I was suddenly chastised soundly for missing the road. Thanks for the article. My dad spent much of childhood there in the 30s. Then we moved up on Park Hill in Loyall. Harlan was born and raised in Council Bluffs, IA. I graduated in 80. And they didnt. Gillis Heather Elaine. I am a brand new grandma and I am Mamaw to that beautiful baby. Ive been gone for 20+ years now. I dont need tattoos, i have scars. A meeting of the Brookside women's support group. Much later in life we got married and we were on vacation going south to visit her sister who lived back home. Kevin Keating as Director of Photography. Some of these folks do leave Harlana lot of them, in fact. I miss Government Cheese. The general store, a thriving Coal community. Finished my last year in high school from there. ENJOYED YOUR ARTICLE, WOULDNT TRADE THE PLACE I GREW UP FOR ANY PLACE IN THE WORLD . HARLAN WILL ALWAYS BE HOME TO ME. It was quiet then. Ive really enjoyed reading this article. I am also a faithful Alabama Football Fan ROLL TIDE. Daughter of a preacher. Barbara Kopple as Producer. No complaining here though. Growing up, I didnt feel particularly tough. No one from Harlan . Join us . As for accent and all that, I never noticed having any problems understanding anything anybody said, strange utterances, etc. I am still Harlan County thru and thru. loved this. I didnt want to leave. I lived in Cumberland for 2 years from ~ 1974-1976. Love the article. Some escape, but most dont. My grandfather worked in the Sunshine mines in the 20s and 30s. =). Happy to be an Outlander! By Steven Gaydos. I have been gone for 40 years I still have my Harlan Co accent and the kids have lost their Eastern Ky accent. He was the hardest worker I have ever known. Much of the information presented here is recapitulated in the commentary, but it is interesting to see how over three decades of age have affected some of the film's participants. Kildav . | Coal Troll's Blog, My Life in Harlan County | Williams Kilpatrick, PLLC. Never making any differences in us. I am now in Knoxville tn, happy as a proud old grandpa can be, and thankful the good Lord saw fit to bring me through times i cant tell about. "Harlan County, U.S.A," opening today at the Outer Circle 2, suffers from some makeshift structural devices and occasional lapses of judgment, but it's an ardent, absorbing work of . I believe you will see that I have great affection for Harlan, much more than many of the people who still live there. Parents moved to Dayton, OH in 63. When we went to high school, we identified as being from Loyallor Hall or Wallins. Different, but nice. But my Harlan upbringing gave me my core values. I lived in Rio Vista until I was 12. It is my hometown by choice.I love it, I retired from Ky Dept of Trans (engineering). Wouldnt trade my youth spent in Harlan County for any other in the world. Born and raised in Cumberland.I live in Florida now loved your article.Proud of my roots! We were driving down the road from Pineville toward Harlan and I was looking for the turn off to get to sister Normas place. list of former red arrows pilots; alfred dunner sweatshirts; santa cruz midtown fridays; is jaws appropriate for a 10 year old; cmmg mk47 mutant Do you remember the Chappells Dairy slogan? I know exactly where you were driving. Willa Jean Ferrier, Crystal Conaster, and Chris Boswell were shot and killed by John Roscoe Garland in McCreary Country, supposedly over jealousy. Then, I moved to Lexington, Kentucky and found out that I was pretty tough by Lexington standards. Small town life can be hard or easy. Browse Obituaries and Death Records in Middlesboro, Kentucky. I found a place to turn around and get back down the road and get my act together. Theirs will be more like trips to Kings Island, etc. So so sad to see that head of the Holler non existent now, all overgrown. Clarence had one brother Howard P. Leonard and Howard P and his wife Lucille had a son named Clarence Edwin Leonard. ha! Today, theres not much there for anyone, unfortunately. I instructed her to be on the lookout for a Harlan countian. Not many folks have a clue of my history, and thats fine. They deal with a drug problem that I cant imagine. I need to work Watts Creek in to a future post, for sure. We rarely hung out with anyone from Evarts or Cumberlandin those days, they had their own high schools. In talking about monthly checks, I can remember visiting my family in Louellen, a coal mining camp in those days, and going down to the the company store and watching people get their cheese in blocks and their commodity meat which was actually spam. The old structure is still up there on Pine Mountain. I have many relatives there, but Ive been gone since I graduated from high school in 1979, when my family moved to Corbin. What did he end up doing after the strikes? My dads cousin J.R. Williams owned a shoe shop (cobble shop) in Cumberland. I lived across Pine Mtn. Yes. Our client was suing the City of Sandy Hook. Well written and interesting. If you read it carefully, youll note that I said I havent lived there in 30+ years. My name is Julie Crowder-Ward. I am an outlander from Bell County and so enjoyed reading this! I got cussed up and down over it! My much loved step daddy moved us to his hometown after he was discharged from the Army. It was an old theater whose best days had long past. I left first to attend Cumberland College, then only a two year school, and later was forced to leave and gravitate north for employment. SOMEONE MENTIONED SMITH. I own a piece of railroad track on the Rhea Straight. How do we know they dont live in a ghetto. It would occasionally be condemned but re-open at some point. the Ackley Hotel in Harlan until he retired and moved back to Cumberland. I knew a bunch of Napiers (Napper). Youve made me think about Harlan all day today and its been a good day. My Dad taught English there for a long time (Mr. Creech). Married Diana Jones on They were married Nov. 5, 1973. . By the way, Cumberland had the Novo Theater and the drive-in theater as well. Im fortunate that my job regularly takes me to Eastern Kentucky. The original Mount Aire Motel was on Pine Mountain, and it burned down in the 70s. A native of Fulton, he was a life resident of the Fulton-Volney area. You might even become a best-selling author or reality TV producer. Trust me on this one. To the men that worked at the Highsplint mine, where the majority of filming took place for the documentary, he was the one responsible for making sure Basil and his men got through to work every day. Harlan County USAdivides us into two groups: Those that love it and those that hate it. Love your response, I live in central ky for a lot of years now, but when I can go home I stay at the Comfort Inn Hotel, it is a Blessing to us out of towners, I think this page is right on, and I dont like the way most people think of Harlan, we are just like anyone else, even if we have a little accent, awesome page, and I lived in Loyall a few years also, my mother died there, thanks for letting people know that its not all justified, although I have never watched a full episode, they are awful. When I went to college, I befriended other Eastern Kentuckians. FR. Contents 1 County Information 1.1 Description 1.2 County Courthouse 1.3 Harlan County, Kentucky Record Dates 1.4 Record Loss 1.5 Boundary Changes 1.6 Populated Places 1.7 History Timeline Collins starts flinging the N-word at a black miner at one point, apparently to make himself come off as that much more evil. I left Ky in 1990 but go back very very often. Never mind. Great article!! I do find a lot of people think Harlan is Hazzard from the TV show, so they ask me if Harlan is in Hazzard county and if I knew Luke and Bo Duke???? Good stuff, John. They are my parents. Sally Simonton. I live in the city now, and raised my daughters here. That is certainly true, but I must say that those unfortunates (if thats what they are) are the in minority.. The late Norman Smith was a classmate of mine at JACHS. Ironically, my daughter found a boyfriend from Loyal(the ones in Georgetown are apparently not her type) so she visits him a lot. Iowa Gravestones is a genealogy project with over one million gravestone photos from across 99 Iowa Counties. Managed by: Carlton William . One of the great things about Harlan is that changes very little. I was born in Harlan and I remember living there, but I didnt have the experience that my parents had (who were both born in Harlan County) since I didnt grow up there. Offended by the possiblility that outsiders will use them to measure the intelligence of my people. Entertained by the tendency to call you a mooron and ignorant while not fully grasping the importance of grammar and spelling. U can take me out of Ky. but u cant take Ky out of me!!!!!! The Fuzzy Duck, the Corner and the VFW. Any of that sound familiar, Pingback: SoWhere Are You From? There were several Leonard families in the county in my day. Ruby did you know a family named Clark? The "villain", Basil Collins, survived the Batan Death march. Its too dull. It definitely has an Eastern Kentucky feel to it, but its out. If so, let me know so I can fill any dates, places, names and information you may furnish to me. Im surprised I didnt end up with some kind of lung disease. They arent isolated enough. 6. Did you know Jimmy C. Morgan? I grew up in Sunshine, graduated from Harlan High School in 1972 and after going to Southeast and U.K., headed to California. Photoplay, 'I Saved My Brother's Life,' by Helen Martin, p. 94, February 1967. I think they graduated in the same class at Cawood. Garys was a fun place. Keep writing as I do enjoy it. Ive often heard that anywhere you go on Earth you can find someone from Harlan county. My Mother married her high school sweethart Robert Kitts right before he left for the army as WWII started. He lived there with his wife my Aunt Hazel and their children Laura Jean, Stanley and Mickey. Like much of Eastern Kentucky, the population has declined for decades. Now 75, Chester has endured his share of losses. I was raised in Wallins Creek and Cumberland by my Mamaw as a child. I think we overlapped at Cawood for a year. Thank you so much for sharing. Whitley County is troublesome. Were originally from Letcher County and had to leave in 1995 due to the coal mines shutdown. Nancy Baker as Editor. Phone: (828) 649-9163. A full obituary will follow in The Daily Star. I graduated in 1964. Barbara Kopple as Director. Just found your blog while attempting to refresh my memory about the name of the theater, the Margie Grand, in Harlan. its more home to me than anywhere ever will be. I have resided in Knoxville, TN for 26 years but Eastern Kentucky will always be home because that is where my extended family and my husbands extended family continue to reside. Thank you so much for this, it came at a time when I needed to count my blessings, and being born in Liggett, and raised in Pansy, I truly was blessed. At Kopple, among others. And of course, I mean that in a funny, I`m laughing kind of way. Sudie Crusenberry talks about her father's work as a miner and his suffering from black lung. One guy said we were like Indians who left the reservation. My mom (Joyce Abraham) was a home ec teacher at JACHS at the time of government commodities, and she had students who always offered to sell her their cheese for $5.00 a block. He made shoes. Thanks for the kind words. I will say Harlan is a great place to be from, I would not want to raise my kids there because of all the struggles I went through, and all the people I knew while growing up there. We hung out at Denny Rays, Kens and I cant remember the drive in on the road to Loyall?? We know at least one person who has been shot with a gun by someone else or by themselves accidentally. Born on. Caroline Andrieu for Variety. His hair was infamous! Would I be a pretender? Why? Ring any bells? Moo-ron. https://www.facebook.com/groups/WallinsCreekers/, http://www.kentuckytourism.com/places_to_stay/holiday-inn-express/73/, SoWhere Are You From? If someone tells you that he or she is from Harlan, they could mean any town from Pathforkto Holmes Mill to Cumberland to Cranks. Heres my personal map of the area: This seemingly random boundary results in some folks calling it Southeastern Kentucky which, geographically speaking, is more accurate. BTW until barrack obama declared war on our coal mines,a fact, there were more millionaires in Harlan, Pike,Perry Counties, per capita than in our largest cities. There is a bleak side to Harlan, as anywhere else. We know at least one person whose mother was really their grandmother, and sister was their mother. Anyway, thanks again. We have accents which are obscured by our penchant for mumbling. If I go back to Harlan for even a day, even my family cant understand me when I get back. Local obituaries for Harlan County, Kentucky 531 Results Friday, February 24, 2023 Add Photos 1 Memory Debbie Elaine Absher Debbie Elaine Absher, 72, of Bean Station, TN, passed away. In the summer a friends Dad (The Blantons) would take us up the river in his pickup and wed spend the day floating back in rafts in the summer or wed spend all day at the city pool. It still is in some ways, although it has been many years since the United Mine Workers Association held great sway. I have never been to a Harlan County Bears football game, but I have been told that the team enters the field to Brad Paisleys You will never leave Harlan alive song. My Grandfather/Grandmother was Floyd/Janie Clark. Obituaries; Photos; Podcasts; Scene; You nailed it. I moved to the Tampa Bay area as a teenager and it was a bit of a culture shock. Loved your blog and thought it to be an accurate description. I dont get back as often as Id like but always thoroughly enjoy coming back to visit. The obvious beingwe are just like you and every one else. Loved this! Maybe they were hoping to see (or experience) some kind of catastrophe. My Dad and his six siblings were all raised in Evarts. Read my post about growing up in Loyall sometime. We can be called ignorant, inbred, genetically inferior, toothless, shoelessyou name it. Just so ya know Boyd County is further east than Harlin!!!! Harlan County, Kentucky: UMWA on a 13-month strike at Brookside mines and on the pick line at Highsplint mine. She was a member of Laymon Holiness Church. Searching obituaries is a great place to start your family tree research. So, watch your step. (: Did you know Jo Alice Chitwood or Lance Johnson? LOL LOL..enjoyed the article, One way to prove that someone is from the mountains is if they know someone named Lonzo! It was gray and you had to add the coloring to it. We have live all over Eastern Ky, moved south to the Carolinas, then back to eastern Ky for a couple years. Rest assured that no one in my family considers me a disgrace or embarrassment, but your concern is noted. I, too, am from Harlan an outlander like yourself, and I was left laughing and shaking my head at all the things only people like us would know to be true I would love to include a link to this in my own blog, but I dont yet know how to do it, lol. . She used it for many recipes, everything from casseroles to sauces. Were still Harlan Countians. No matter where Ive traveled in this great country, I never fail to meet someone that is either from Harlan, or knows someone that lives there!! I wanted more for my kids and wife. Both my Grandfathers worked in the mines their younger years and I still have a 1st cousin working the mines. They go to other parts of the state or country and live as ex-Harlan Countians. She would forever remain his Georgia Peach. Really enjoyed the article. Both my grandsons have degrees in med profession PT and Massage Therapy. Harlan graduated from Readstown High School in 1949. Great story and oh so true, every word of it. I am origionally from Atlanta. One person wrote that people visiting here didnt have hotels or anywhere to stay unless they stayed with family. Many people watch the FX series Justified. She was one of my favorite. They didnt know what to do with me! I left here when i was 15 came back in my late 20s. LOUDOUN COUNTY OBITUARIES Emilia Ann Dawe. Brought back alot of memories. Really enjoyed the read. I respect ALL coal miners. This section contains the heritage, vision, and the people behind West Family Funeral Services's reputation of quality, sincerity, and trust. Hart Perry as Director of Photography. Im sure they knew each other. Of course, it doesnt. A friend of mine once drank a beer from a girls cowboy boot at the Lounge. We meet in Williamsburg, but I love going back to the Creek. Pretty accurate for McCreary Co, as well. Most of them have never even been to Ky let alone Harlan. I was just in Harlan County this weekend. It is true that you can take the boy out of the mountains but never the mountain out of the boy. North America. Janice and I were both switchboard operators and admissions clerk. I have got too much time and information invested in my research to keep up with to just ignore my research. Harlan is no more defined by any subculture than Chicago should be defined by its sad history of public housing or New York by the worst of its slums. Have you checked out Welcome To Watts Creek site? Vacation at Hilton Head, Tybee Island, Myrtle Beach, Hawaii, have an American Spirit Coachman that sleeps ten and a pontoon. Stalwarts, outlanders, pretenders, loathers you left one group out. It was the latest violent incident in Harlan County, long a scene of labor unrest. Like to have all the money I spent in those places back! I-64 runs through Montgomery, Bath, Rowan and Carter Counties. Proud to be from Harlan County.. man now im so homesick!! Also, I find the surest way to know someone is from SEKY is after telling them where Im from they follow up with, do you know so-and-so? I love that. I knew the Clarks well. He had a taxi service called Do me right He was found on the side of the mountain with many bullets in him and his taxi. | Coal Troll's Blog, I stumbled across your blog and enjoyed much. I just tried a case in Illinois. They often do not contain the death . I would make mom break me off a chunk. As usual John you nailed it!! Who are we? I am definitely proud of my heritage, both generally mountain/Appalachian and Harlan County in particular. Norman was good to my dad, especially during my dads troubles with alcohol yet another commonality of that age. THIS is just funny. Not a native but my ears always perk up when I hear Harlan. I grew up here, went to school here and am still here by choice. I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU ALL, DO ANY OF YOU REMEMBER A LITTLE BLIND MAN THAT USE TO SELL NEWS PAPERS IN THE LOBBY OF THE HARLAN HOSPITAL? Hes married married to one of my first cousins for many years. If we didnt know them, well they were at the wrong house. Thanks for the great story. Daughter has owned her own business in Harlan for thirty years. . Its nice to read good thoughts of Harlan County. Took the jury about 5 minutes to find against us, lol. My great grandpa ran a mill there. Disability checks. Wouldnt trade it for anything. We live in McCreary Co now, so still SEKY. Theres nothing to do. My grandfolks, originally from Johnson Ct. lived up at the end of a holler. as differences, real ones, but the rest is a little over stated, like JUSTIFIED, eh? More than 450 new Canadian obituaries add each day. You hit the nail on the head. November 20, 1931 - January 8, 2023 Harlan Price passed away peacefully at the age of 91 years with his wife Harriet at his side. 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