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58. About four miles down the road was the place of the huge mine explosion in 1945

Sun Apr 28, 2013, 08:52 PM

Apr 2013

which killed 25 coal miners and covered by all the major news outlets in the nation... I know the guy that is narrating this and we were later neighbors with Joe Hatfield, one of the surviving miners... The song at
the end of second video is by previously mentioned Roy Acuff..

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Anyone here ever been to my hometown? [View all] kentuck Apr 2013 OP

They have that big a theft problem there, they have to chain the rocks down? . . . Journeyman Apr 2013 #1

:-) kentuck Apr 2013 #2

What you don't know is that it's holding down the hatch on the hall of the mountain trolls Matariki Apr 2013 #50

But I did know they could never get it around you... kentuck Apr 2013 #52

Wow what a place to live. hrmjustin Apr 2013 #3

Just hang a right and drive up to Harlan County... kentuck Apr 2013 #5

I saw the movie made in 1976 about Harlan county. hrmjustin Apr 2013 #8

There was an earlier one with Robert Mitchum... kentuck Apr 2013 #9

...and the name of your hometown is.....? spanone Apr 2013 #4

The Gem City of the Cumberlands... kentuck Apr 2013 #7

Sounds familiar. kentuck Apr 2013 #10

had to look...it's in harlan county.... spanone Apr 2013 #11

Looks Beautiful. Never Been There But Have Been to Land Between the Lakes. dballance Apr 2013 #6

Been thru there a number of times Go Vols Apr 2013 #12

Do you come thru Cumberland Gap? kentuck Apr 2013 #15

yep Go Vols Apr 2013 #17

Where do you live in TN? kentuck Apr 2013 #18

I am a little further than that Go Vols Apr 2013 #26

Yeah, that's a good drive... kentuck Apr 2013 #28

We go to Evarts Go Vols Apr 2013 #30

Good luck with that! kentuck Apr 2013 #34

I have...many times. I seem to recall staying at a Chained Rock Motel (?) , too. AzDar Apr 2013 #13

Yes, that was closer to Middlesboro. kentuck Apr 2013 #16

My paternal grandfather was from Kentucky. redwitch Apr 2013 #14

This is Daniel Boone territory. kentuck Apr 2013 #19

Why do have chains on the rocks? nt Honeycombe8 Apr 2013 #20

Different reasons... kentuck Apr 2013 #21

It has a lot more going for it than mine tularetom Apr 2013 #22

Everybody's hometown has it own unique qualities... kentuck Apr 2013 #24

Not mine. Worried senior Apr 2013 #31

Six Degrees of Separation... kentuck Apr 2013 #36

Yes! A Little Weird Apr 2013 #23

At the Lodge in the Park... kentuck Apr 2013 #27

I've been through lots of areas of Kentucky but I don't know where that is. Initech Apr 2013 #25

You're within a nice drive of Blair Mtn, WV, which should be a National Monument byeya Apr 2013 #29

Big Stone Gap, Virginia is real pretty also...l kentuck Apr 2013 #35

Big Stone Gap(Scott County I think) is beautiful. From where you are, you're only a couple byeya Apr 2013 #40

About the same distance to the Renfro Valley ... kentuck Apr 2013 #41

Wow! I hadn't thought, or heard, about that for years. I used to listen to WCKY at night growing up byeya Apr 2013 #44

That was out of Cincinnati... kentuck Apr 2013 #46

Wayne Raney doing his gospel and selling his harmonicas. I think he had a brother who imitated byeya Apr 2013 #49

He also had that classic: kentuck Apr 2013 #51

Yes. And I have an album with Linda Ronstadt doing Wayne's" We Need a Whole Lot byeya Apr 2013 #53

Roy Acuff... kentuck Apr 2013 #55

Well that's kind of wonderful - Roy Acuff was a real legend. Great Speckle Bird is a favorite byeya Apr 2013 #56

Beautiful!!! n/t RKP5637 Apr 2013 #32

Beautiful place. Buns_of_Fire Apr 2013 #33

At present, I'm about an hour and a half Northwest of you, by car. antigone382 Apr 2013 #37

Richmond? kentuck Apr 2013 #38

Very close, but not quite...;) antigone382 Apr 2013 #39

Of course Boone County, WV, is the home of the late, great Hasil Adkins whose persistance byeya Apr 2013 #42

No. But I did ride the skylift at Jenny Wiley State Park. winter is coming Apr 2013 #43

Ruby Falls is in Chattanooga, near the Georgia border... kentuck Apr 2013 #48

I am hearing the theme song for "Justified" SoCalDem Apr 2013 #45

He'll never leave Harlan alive... kentuck Apr 2013 #47

Hot Damn.. what are the odds..? pangaia Apr 2013 #54

As a child I remember all the rumors about Norma Jean Baker being born in Pineville.. kentuck Apr 2013 #57

About four miles down the road was the place of the huge mine explosion in 1945 kentuck Apr 2013 #58

Had an uncle lived around London kristopher Apr 2013 #59

Here is a nice tour that you can ride from the bottom of the mountain to the top on this video... kentuck Apr 2013 #60