Author Archives: sdbowling

About sdbowling

Director of the Breathitt County Public Library and Heritage Center in Jackson, Kentucky.

John P. Gum

Posted on October 29, 2024 by sdbowling

Soldier of the Week
John P. Gum
5th Kentucky Mounted Infantry
Confederate States Army Continue reading →

Posted in Civil War, Confederate Army, Military, Tragedy | Tagged 5th Kentucky Infantry, Burton Family, Civil War, Company B, Confederate Army, Gum Family | Leave a comment

Woodrow Wilson Hays

Posted on October 24, 2024 by sdbowling

Soldier of the Week
Woodrow Wilson Hays
United States Army Continue reading →

Posted in Accidents, Breathitt County, Military, United States Army | Tagged Civilian Conservation Corps, Clemons Family, Hays Family, Snowden Cemetery, United States Army | Leave a comment

Cood Bowling took a lethal dose of morphine in the Breathitt County Jail allegedly to stop the ghost of his victim from visiting. Learn more about this little remembered Breathitt County tragedy. Continue reading →

Posted in Breathitt County, Feuds, Middle Fork, Murder, Tragedy | Tagged Bowling Family, Breathitt County, Callahan Family, Feuds, Griffith Family, Jackson, James H. Hargis, Louisville Legion, Morphine, Murder, Ned Callahan, Suicide | Leave a comment

James Epperson Jackson

Posted on October 2, 2024 by sdbowling

Soldier of the Week
James Epperson Jackson
10th Kentucky Cavalry
Confederate States Army Continue reading →

Posted in Civil War, Confederate Army, Military | Tagged 10th Kentucky Cavalry, Civil War, Confederate Army, Diamond's 10th Kentucky Cavalry, Jackson Family, Matney Family, Owsley County, Travellers Rest, Vincent Kentucky | Leave a comment

Cornelius Bowman

Posted on September 27, 2024 by sdbowling

Soldier of the Week
Cornelius Bowman
Company C, Three Forks Battalion
Kentucky State Troops Continue reading →

Posted in Civil War, Military, Union Army | Tagged american-civil-war, Bowman Family, Civil War, genealogy, kentucky, Owsley County, Three Forks Battalion, Turner Family, Union Army | Leave a comment

Nada Tunnel Opens

Posted on September 20, 2024 by sdbowling

For more than 113 years, the Nada Tunnel served as a gateway to the Red River Valley and the rich natural resources that lay beyond. Continue reading →