Category Archives: Timber

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 →

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Sawdust and Baseball: Whick, Kentucky

Posted on April 16, 2024 by sdbowling

A brief look at Whick, Kentucky – 1998. Continue reading →

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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 →

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Buddie Spicer Died in March 1945

Posted on March 21, 2023 by sdbowling

Samuel “Buddie” Spicer operated the first telephone exchange from his home on the Middle Fork for more than 30 years. Learn more about this Breathitt businessman. Continue reading →

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Jackson’s “Doc” Hoge

Posted on March 8, 2023 by sdbowling

Dr. Hoge was a fixture in the Breathitt County civic and medical community for many decades. We remember one Jackson’s doctors almost 70 years after his death. Continue reading →

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