Monthly Archives: April 2023

Breathitt Boy Taken in NFL Draft

Posted on April 29, 2023 by sdbowling

A Breathitt County-born football standout heard his name called in the 1964 NFL draft. Learn more about this gridiron star. Continue reading →

Posted in Breathitt County, Football, Sports | Tagged Breathitt County, Football, Mays Family, Shouse Family, St. Louis Cardinals, Turner Family, University of Kentucky | Leave a comment

O.H. Napier, the Man and the Myth

Posted on April 27, 2023 by sdbowling

O.H. Napier was a complicated man who lived to make people laugh. A great deal of myth surrounded this simple man who died in 2012. Continue reading →

Posted in Breathitt County, Entertainment, Jackson, Politics | Tagged Breathitt County, Happy Pappy, Jackson, Napier Family, O.H. Napier | 5 Comments

Andrew Jackson Wood

Posted on April 26, 2023 by sdbowling

Soldier of the Week
Andrew Jackson Wood
5th Kentucky Infantry, Confederate States Army Continue reading →

Posted in Breathitt County, Civil War, Confederate Army, Frozen Creek, Military | Tagged Breathitt County, Brooks Family, Frozen Creek, Vancleve Family, Wood Family | Leave a comment

Faith Conquered Mud

Posted on April 24, 2023 by sdbowling

Neither road nor moves could wipe away the faith of the members of the Little Jerusalem Church. A massive mudslide tried really hard in 1972. Continue reading →

Posted in Breathitt County, Education, Flood, Religion | Tagged Big Branch, Breathitt County, Highway 15, Kragon, Little Jerusalem Old Regular Baptist Church, Mud Slide, Old Regular Baptist | 1 Comment

Breathitt’s First Modern Turkey Hunt

Posted on April 22, 2023 by sdbowling

The turkey was once almost completely gone from Breathitt County. Successful preservation efforts led to the first season in 1962. Continue reading →

Posted in Breathitt County, Traditions | Tagged Bach Family, Breathitt County, Bryant Family, Deaton Family, Deer, Hunting, Little Buckhorn, Mullins Family, Robinson Forest, Sewell Family | Leave a comment

Quicksand’s Stone Woman

Posted on April 21, 2023 by sdbowling

Work crews blasted away the “Stone Lady.” Never again will she watch over the tracks. Now she’s only a memory. Continue reading →

Posted in Breathitt County, Businesses, Industry, Jackson, Kentucky River, Railroad, Timber | Tagged Breathitt County, Jackson, L & N Railroad, L&E, L&N Railroad, Lexington and Eastern Railroad, Louisville and Nashville Railroad, Quicksand, Railroad, Stone Lady | Leave a comment

John Clay

Posted on April 19, 2023 by sdbowling

Soldier of the Week
John Clay
Kentucky Cavalry
Spanish-American War Continue reading →

Posted in Breathitt County, Military, Spanish-American War | Tagged Breathitt County, Bush Family, Clay Family, Cope Family, Copeland, Russell Family, Spanish-American War | 1 Comment

Images from STA Challenge Hike 4

Posted on April 17, 2023 by sdbowling

Images from Team Turtle and Team Sheltowee’s hike of Section Four in April 2023. Continue reading →

Posted in Daniel Boone National Forest, Hiker Challenge, Hiking, Hiking the Red River, Sheltowee National Recreation Trail | Tagged Balanced Rock, Cressmont, Greeley Kentucky, Heidelberg, Hiking, Lago Linda Resort, Natural Bridge State Park, Sheltowee Trace, Sheltowee Trace Challenge, Sinking Creek, Whites Branch Arch | Leave a comment

The Hargis Commercial Bank opened with great fanfare in 1911 and closed without notice in 1930. The bank is long gone but the building remains as a reminder of the financial power Jackson once possessed in the mountains. Continue reading →

Posted in Breathitt County, Businesses, Jackson | 3 Comments

John Henry Elkins

Posted on April 11, 2023 by sdbowling

Soldier of the Week- John Henry Elkins- Company K, 47th Kentucky Infantry, United States Army, Civil War. Continue reading →

Posted in Breathitt County, Civil War, Military, Union Army | Tagged 47th Kentucky Infantry, Breathitt County, Civil War, Elkins Family, Miller Family, Union Army, Vires Family | Leave a comment