That brings back fond memories. Harlan County, Kentucky: Basil Collins miner foreman and leader/manager of the scabs confronts picketers with a 45 in his right pocket. Miner Curtis Cress, 34, says towns. And the tell me they can always tell when Im talking to a relative on the phone for the same reason. They arent isolated enough. . We are our own world. Thanks for the reads I have read most of your blogs. He was a clerk there. I was born, raised and still live in Pike County. I was raised over the mountain at Little Laurel. We had our own post office, City Hall and fire station. He is easygoing for a security guard and handsome in a salt-of-the-earth way. He told me if I stayed there I would either be an alcoholic, like him to survive, or I would end up dead. You hit home with many of your comments being born and raised in Eastern Kentucky, Sandy Hook, Elliott County to be exact. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in . Our Location. Really enjoyed the article. Barbara Kopple as Director. I have got too much time and information invested in my research to keep up with to just ignore my research. Were still Harlan Countians. of life I have lived in Chicago, IL., Ypsilanti, MI., Charleston, W. Va., so I know all to well about the differences of living in Eastern KY & a big city. Also attended and graduated from Loyall High, where I was cheerleader and fairly popular. Have you checked out Welcome To Watts Creek site? Im pretty sure Lanes Cliffhanger was in the old Mount Aire building. Now, sadly, its a way of life in the mountains. JACHS did not open until the 66 67 school year. If youre spending the night in Harlan, you probably have family there anyway. art halcomb. My Mom and grandparents are gone now but I have always continued to visit with relatives in Harlan every summer. Id hate to have to kill you. He's lived in Harlan County ever since. Were isolated. If you ever lived in Harlan you have been gone so long you dont know what the hell is going on. In Barbara Kopple 's 40-year career as one of America's . Small town life can be hard or easy. One hell of a nice fellow. I am a badass.. Probably like 4th or 5th cousins. Jenny, I worked in Harlan Co. in the 90s on the railroad and worked with a Saylor but cant remember his first name. I bet I heard them talking about you. So you see, all of this rambling I have just done is to state the obvious because you have made us sound like we are backwoods, unlearned, in-bred no accounts. They point to the many fine folks in the county who were (and still are) horrified by the goings on at Eastover. Thanks for reminding me of a great memory of my mother! We laugh at them but let them have their fun. My dad taught there from 66 96. One of the only times I used my dads reputation, telling the guy to go ahead but it was going to be his last night on Earth, because if I didnt kill him, my dad would. I graduated in 1964. Oh, people still get shot occasionally but at much lower rate than wed like you to believe. I wanted more for my kids and wife. She was born on August 13, 1960, in Benham, Kentucky. Interment was at the Orleans Cemetery.. Bryan Bantam, 93 years of age, or Alma, NE (formerly of Orleans), passed away Sunday, September 12, 2004, at the . I once met a police officer who worked in the State Police in Harlan, he visibly tensed when I said I was from Harlan, went ashen when I said I was from Smith, and excused himself when I said I was a Middleton. This is where Norma lives, was the reply. Bloody Harlan is just badass. I have a 94 year old aunt who still lives there. 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. Like inner cities, there are generations locked into a poverty cycle. They have cousins or in-laws or remote ancestors who hailed from the mountains. Users who like (A Previously Patreon Episode): Harlan County USA; Users who reposted (A Previously Patreon Episode): Harlan County USA They just inflict harm. I cant read some of these posts because of the negative way they talk about MY hometown. We also had to carry our water from a water-pump in buckets, so the new bathroom was a good conversation subject with its only use was the bathtub that we would heat water to bathe in. Not at all. I went to Business College, married my daddys cousin (you had to know that was coming didnt you). My dad was a teacher at JACHS from 1962 to 1968. I am so grateful to the educators in Harlan who worked so diligently to open our minds, expand our thinking and develop our talents especially in music. I have lived here all my life and even tho at times i feel like due to work i may have to leave, i doubt i ever could. My life is very much divided into two partsbefore and after Harlan. . Dad was a good friend of Norman Yarboroughs. Alfredia Miniard Kenney February 10, 2023 (91 years old) I was born and raised in Harlan County-Cumberland. And should I know you? It is good to hear from you and I hope to hear from you again. I knew a bunch of Napiers (Napper). My roots and my heart are there and for me thats important. By the way, I think grilled cheese sandwiches made from government cheese were the best! My Pappaw Creech was a coal miner, as were most of his brothers. So, I speak of how it was 30 years ago. I live in the city now, and raised my daughters here. Swanson is preceded in death by his Parents, Franklin and Opal Swanson; a Brother, Franklin Swanson Jr.; His companion for 20 years, Minnie Sue Earls; and Nephews . It was quiet then. I left to go to school at EKU, meet my wife there, she is from Ohio. Obituaries; Photos; Podcasts; Scene; This, so they say, makes them mountain people. Basil Collins Harlan County Obituary, He also served in the 4th Supply Company, in Stockton, California. I told him apparently his computer didt speak Hillbilly.I am proud of my head of the holler rasin. LOL LOL..enjoyed the article, One way to prove that someone is from the mountains is if they know someone named Lonzo! No one from Harlan . Just discovered your blog. I suspect its mostly because they didnt care much for Hustler, at least not publicly. Russell was a coal miner for 18 years.Mr. I also have those wonderful memories, of making grilled cheese sandwiches in the evening, after supper when we as children, never seem to be really full. I lived in Rio Vista until I was 12. The Chappells Dairy Slogan: It may be good and not be ours, but it cant be ours and not be good. Harlan is quiet, unless you grew up near the railroad tracks like I did. I am definitely proud of my heritage, both generally mountain/Appalachian and Harlan County in particular. Its still pretty much the same. I must say it is a great read. Yes, Big_O,, I remember the man you asked about. 10.basil collins harlan county obituary - Energy Connection Author: www.energyconnectioninc.com Post date: 11 yesterday Rating: 4 (1656 reviews) Highest rating: 4 Low rated: 1 Summary: Harlan County, Kentucky: Scabs and gun thugs led by Basil Collins confront strikers on the pick line at Highsplint mine. Basil was born January 18, 1930, in Montevideo, Minnesota, the third of five. I really hacked off one guy about the government cheese. I was able to buy it when we lived in the Corbin area for $20 a box. I was told if I was ever alone at night that they would kill me, so I promised the head gun thug, Basil Collins, he wouldn't catch me alone at night. Graduated Wallins about 1956. Sometimes you hear gun fire in the distance, but thats in the woods. Im an outlander, living in Pulaski County. 4. Have a cousin who lives in Evarts and cousins in middle KY. He enjoyed fishing, hunting, and just being outdoors. Oh, well. Im sorry that I didnt do more to keep in closer touch with them both as we grew older. Today he wore jeans and a navy hooded sweatshirt, with his neatly trimmed silver-white hair tucked under a Tractor Supply Company cap. Harlan. Alan Creech, such nice thoughts and memories of this beautiful part of God earth that I am proud to call home. Browse Obituaries and Death Records in Middlesboro, Kentucky. If he called on you and you missed the questionBOOM! Bianchi Funeral Homes, Inc. Evarts ~ Harlan ~ Loyall ~ Tri City. I respect ALL coal miners. I still have a lot of family living in Harlan, Evarts, going all the way to Holmes Mill (Alias. Greenup is east of Harlan, Ashland is east of Whitesburg, and if Catlettsburg gets any more east it`s going to be West Virginia, are you seriously arguing with the lat/ and longitude? I guess Ive waited too many years to ask, but it would be nice if someone knew of him or my other Grandfather Bill Randolph. I guess youd call it a region or sub-region of Central Appalachia. 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. There arent running gun battles anymore like the famed Battle of Evarts many decades ago. We rarely hung out with anyone from Evarts or Cumberlandin those days, they had their own high schools. There are gun thugs in Harlan County, U.S.A., in particular a mean, squinty-eyed, jackal named Basil Collins, his pistol sticking out of his Dickies like a goofy cap gun. Our Story; Our Locations; Our Calendar; Contact Us; Directions; Send Flowers; Call: Evarts 606-837-2119 Harlan 606-573-3030 Loyall 606-573-2132 Tri City 606-848-5455; Still consider Harlan County as home. The folks in Brookside were surely Harlan Countians as was the chief gun thug, Basil Collins. It will now be in Bell County Circuit Court starting Thursday after a change of venue. Knox County. They were both sweet, kind, honest, decent people. | Coal Troll's Blog, My Life in Harlan County | Williams Kilpatrick, PLLC. 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. Im sure they knew each other. Have lived in SC for the past 25 yrs but everyone who knows me knows where I come from. Still have a few family members there and many friends. Theres nothing to do. There is no Holiday Inn Express in Harlan. I have more memories of the younger Brittons that are closer to my age. I have three amazing great-grandbabies. Im sorry my great-grandchildren dont have such memories. Now, dont confuse Harlan County with the town of Harlan, our county seat. We got segregation in those years, and I never knew the difference, we all got along. Oh, i think these shows are a joke, they couldnt do the truth,,, thank you, Lane. Then it was quiet except when the trains ran, which seemed like every 15 minutes or so. Theres no future. A rural county of 27,000, Harlan County's average household income is about $29,000. They may be from such places as Shields, Jones Creek, Smith, Cranks, Punkin Center or Happy Top, although I can name you folks from all those places who have done quite well for themselves. Great article!! Andas for the grid: Morehead is east of Middlesboro. The vast majority of Harlan Countians are proud to be from Harlan. Ishas Smiths 2nd cousin. When I went to college, I befriended other Eastern Kentuckians. It won the Academy Award for Best Documentary at the 49th Academy Awards . I know that area well. I have many relatives there, but Ive been gone since I graduated from high school in 1979, when my family moved to Corbin. His hair was infamous! To her credit this pretty city girl took these inconveniences in her stride and made this mountain man a very good wife. They might as well have been in different states. 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. He was born April 13, 1930, in the town of Kickapoo, Vernon County, Wis., to James and Helen (Larson) Drake. Our client was suing the City of Sandy Hook. I would have loved to have had that McDonalds there when I was kid. . Lots of memories from Harlan. loved her. Glover Allan (Al) Amherst, NS. I have always been proud of being from Cawood in Harlan County. With our many years of experience in caring for . The field is backdropped by some beautiful mountains, right at Tunnel Hill. He died in 1978, I dont remember the year Basil died, but early 1980s is right. My Mom then joined the WAC. ha! You need some coal mines, either now or in the past. The motel next to Holy Trinity was a Holiday Inn Express at one time, but now its a Comfort Inn. I live in Lexington now as well have since 1990. Kevin Keating as Director of Photography. The first of the month is a big time in Harlan. I wouldnt trade my life for anyone else. Did you know Jimmy C. Morgan? Okay, now Im homesick! BANTAM, BRYAN Funeral services for Bryan Bantam were conducted from the Presbyterian Church in Orleans, NE on Wednesday, September 15, 2004 at 2 p.m. with Pastors William Bills and Dixon Powers officiating. "I bought him out after seven. Unless you lived in the town of Harlan, you dont go to the city schoolsHarlan High Elementary and Harlan High School. And they were well respected. We mine coal and have for over 100 years. Even though they know whats best for Harlan, we dont really like them. We know trash when we see it, and Im not talking about garbage pick up. We know at least one person who has been shot with a gun by someone else or by themselves accidentally. I live in Northern KY now but all my family still resides in Harlan so I visit a lot. If we meet anyone else from Eastern Kentucky, we can get instant acceptance with a simple I grew up in Harlan. Translation: Despite appearances, I will kill you if necessary. I loved it AFTER the mob left that came to my door the day I moved in, demanding to know Who are you and what are you doing here? I grew up in this wonderful town, going for summers and Christmas in Atlanta. https://thetrivialtroll.com/2012/03/10/adventures-in-hitchhiking/. You might even become a best-selling author or reality TV producer. Many people watch the FX series Justified. My friends still tell me you can take the girl out of Eastern Kentucky, but you cant take the Eastern Kentucky out of the girl. I absolutely LOVE this! Your email address will not be published. I suggest you search my blog for my many other posts about life in Harlan County. I have many good friends I have met through the Hall High Gamecock web site. It is my hometown by choice.I love it, I retired from Ky Dept of Trans (engineering). | Coal Troll's Blog. Ben Joe Harris disarmed the guy so that it would be a fair fight. I need to work Watts Creek in to a future post, for sure. LO My mother is Drena Crowder-Leonard. Never mind. Hell, it was the best cheese everthe only thing the Federal Government ever perfected! Loved your blog and thought it to be an accurate description. The late Norman Smith was a classmate of mine at JACHS. If you dont, I cant fault you for that, either. They know whats best for Harlan, though, and wont hesitate to tell you. From the Harlan County Journal. A bazillion of cousins to play with..mountains to explore..farm animals to learn about, a total difference than city life on a quiet street just across from Fort McPherson Army Base. My Mom taught at SE Community College. People may had been living on Government cheese when you grew up and the first may had been like a amusement park, but all that has changed. Ralph Osborne, Jr 58 of Bledsoe, KY passed away Tuesday evening of February 14, 2023 at his home. the Ackley Hotel in Harlan until he retired and moved back to Cumberland. 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. I happened across this blog through a friend. Getting Started | Contributor Zone Contribute to This Page Edit page Clear your history Well, I have rambled enough. I knew Lisa vaguely. SOMEONE MENTIONED SMITH. I owned a genteel little social club called THE CLIFFHANGER up on pine mountain, and had some of the finest folks i ever knew as customers, although mostly they considered the Garys crowd a little on the gentler side. Check out some of my other posts. Anyway, I just had to leave a note. Obituaries usually give the name of the deceased and the death or burial date. You shouldve had to breath half a can of hairspray in the morning after he got out of the bathroom. The name of the area now came to be because the truckers that hauled from the mill just refrerred to it as Holmes Mill! Although its closer to Hazard than Harlan, I would reply, Bean Patch Holler on Irishman Creek! They loved it! I was born and raised in Sunshine. Others leave to find better opportunities. I have all the respect in the world for the good people in Harlan county its rough with mines getting shut down and people loosing what they know best and thats coal Im sorry it rough that is a reason I moved but keep strong everyone in Harlan has a big heart and I promise they are some the best people u ever meet in ur life. I had friends in Pathfork. Bertha was proceeded in death by her mother Eveda Williams and her father George Adams She is survived by her husband Danny D Little, her children Christopher Shawn Little, Rosalie Peral Brown, Chadwick Darrel Little, and Aaron Daniel Little. You can see it in Google Street Views here: https://goo.gl/maps/QoyKa, Hey my cousin owned the fuzzy duck my papa had a poker house there and boot legged beer iwas raised in the first house coming down black mountain love it go back all the time, Right before you get to lynch golf course coming down black mtn there was a house to the right my great great grand pa had a saw mill there and built the house where my great grand pa lived then my mama got it love it there if I ever hit the lottery ill be back to live and put alot of people to work I love the mtns go there every christmas and summers thanks for the memories cool blog sorry for the grammer lol periods commas all the same to me it. 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. Im proud of where Im from and yes my Daddy was a coal miner for a time. Their isnt anyone who acts the way you have described them in this concoction, Nor is the area the way you have presented it. I am an Outlander (orlando), looking to be a Stalwart. BTW I live on Watts Creek and have most of my life..off and on. I do think this is good stuff. My parents were stalwarts. Oh, and we moaned and complained about not having anything to do. Like to have all the money I spent in those places back! My Dad used to talk about when they distributed commodity margarine. Foster Funeral . Your dad was a really good teacher. Coal Mining. I made the mistake of posting a picture of Basil on a Harlan County Facebook page. My cousin posted the link on Facebook and I have not been able to move till finishing the read. Arthur died when his house burned a few yrs ago. Some of these folks do leave Harlana lot of them, in fact. Kildav . In response to your statement about pretenders, I personally feel Im still a Harlan resident at heart even though I dont live there and dont visit very often. Its a kind of mountain street cred. Coal mining runs in cycles. I even remember who it was, but lets let bygones be bygones. I didnt want to leave. Harlan County, Kentucky: Basil Collins miner foreman and leader/manager of the scabs confronts picketers with a 45 in his right pocket. 1750 Hwy 213. Thanks for your comments. I first saw the light of day in Oneida, tn because that was the closest hospital & the road l.P. looPwas better Were originally from Letcher County and had to leave in 1995 due to the coal mines shutdown. I live here because I truly love this beautiful part of Kentucky and America. 6. I left here when i was 15 came back in my late 20s. miners in this county AND other states. Finally I hang on long enough to get a real person. Absolutely loved this!! In Atlanta, some of the New Yorkers that worked with me at the ad agency used to continually ask me where I was from just to hear me say it. My name is Julie Crowder-Ward. Great story and oh so true, every word of it. Thanks for letting me rant. Cheese is the only thing the US government ever perfected. I just said, hey, he was my neighbor. The children of Harlan are blessed to have such a nice school. As I was merrily driving along, I was suddenly chastised soundly for missing the road. I not THAT old! In fact, I got up this morning with the intent or renewing my research. Im definitely a Harlan County boy. Thanks for the great story. Were hemmed in. So much that even some locals have a hard time understanding me. If we had a problem like that today in my slice of Suburbia, there would be a full-blown panic. harlan community school district job openings; scottish reeling dresses; chanel miller boyfriend lucas; marilynn bradley horton; foreign education consultants in sri lanka. I am a Harlan Countian, born in Harlan at the old hospital as they call it. Once you push too far north, you get out of the mountains, and we have to exclude you. I am from Wynntown, went to Evarts High School and live in Richmond Ky. Offended by the possiblility that outsiders will use them to measure the intelligence of my people. Eastern Ky is not privvy to divorce is it?? i bet you knew my father in law he worked at the loyall store and was the fire chief for a number of years. I too are from Harlan I left in Jan. 1975. South Farmington, NS. I was born in Pike Co. in 1960 and in my 53 yrs. U may or may not remember it and I also did alot of the fencing around the many many acres he and ur moms own. preston and i have lived here in lexington since 1999. bu i consider loyall and that little house my adopted home. I love your article! I was one of the Hensley girls that lived on the strawberry farm. 7. 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. We just live somewhere else. My children are fascinated and perhaps slightly horrified that I grew up in Harlan. Whitley County has an interstate so are they still Eastern Kentucky? I knew some fine people from Smith. Charles Leonard Birmingham, AL. Harlan is tough. I didnt mean to turn my comment into a mini blog, but you inspired the flood of memories! The other motel in Browning Acres is Mount Aire Motel. Born and raised as you said in Lynch You pretty much hit the nail on the head.. great write-up. There are differences: we`re north east, you`re south east. Now, far in the past, at least until I visit. Join us . View All Funeral Homes in. . Regardless, they came back. We update obituary links daily as a public service, without charge to families or funeral homes. my growing up years were behind the old telephone company next to Robinette Chevrolet which was across from the old Macks Supper Market and down the street from Hackneys. This one in particular may be of interesthttps://thetrivialtroll.com/2013/07/13/hometown-loyall-ty/ NEAR CLOSPLINT KY AND I AM PROUD TO BE FROM HARLAN CO THAT IS HOME ALTHOUGH I LIVE IN CORBIN KY NOW. I married a Lady, born and raised in Harlan. Of course you have to wash it all down with whole milk from Chappells Dairy! Our football coach , Ed Miracle, was shot in the foot playing golf three weeks later . Harlan Countians like Justified. If you do so, you wont be called a bigot or a phobe of any type. It even had an old balcony whererumor had itblack folks used to be seated. Crusenberry talks about being asked by a group of women to . It was the latest violent incident in Harlan County, long a scene of labor unrest. We liked him! Being 60yrs old now, I am very proud of my ancestors and family heritage. I lived in Harlan and Loyall. My mother moved to Harlan County from Pike County at around age 12 and never left except to attend college. I knew the Clarks well. I have been told that he worked harder than 3 men. Harlan County USAdivides us into two groups: Those that love it and those that hate it. Goodbye Fleming, Nicholas and Robertson Counties. He lived there with his wife my Aunt Hazel and their children Laura Jean, Stanley and Mickey. Most of them have never even been to Ky let alone Harlan. It has to be kind of tough to get there or at the very least its just on the way to somewhere else. The accuracy of the index varies according to the quality of the original images. I saw a little of all of it. 1 Index Record. I was up at Holmes Mill just a few months ago. But I have lived in Harlan Co. since 1986 & now I couldnt imagine living any where else. 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