hill people

[low_delta]

My paternal grandmother's family originated in the hills of Kentucky. Harlan County. My great great grandfather had a sawmill and was involved in logging. When they set up a small railway to assist with the logging, they were so far from anyplace, that they had to bring the steam engine in through the hills on a wagon.

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Harlan County, USA

[sirreal13.livejournal.com]

There's a film from the late 1970s about Harlan County and the coal miners' struggles vs. the owners. It was done by Barbara Kopple. Well done, but depressing.

Re: Harlan County, USA

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

I've never heard coal stories from the family. This was all in the late 1800's.

[pondhopper.livejournal.com]

They really were out in the boonies!

[rivendweller.livejournal.com]

Do you still have relatives in Kentucky? I have so many it's crazy. Mostly in Breathitt County, but all over the state, too.

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

Nobody I know. My great grandfather took the family (including his inlaws) to Washington in the 1890's. They moved back east to southern Indiana back in the late 19-aughts.