Change). LOL. My grandparents, Elve and Flaura Campbell, moved to Sunshine and eventually to Loyall. I worked with them both at Harlan Appalachian Regional Hospital in the late 60s, early 70s. Most of us pass through this phase at some point. The culture you describe in Harlan is very similar to Leadville-only the accents are different-except for my dadhe never lost his. I was born in my grandmothers house, in those days hospitals were few and far between. A striking coal miner was in critical condition last night in Harlan County, Ky., after being struck in the head by a shotgun blast. It was the latest violent incident in Harlan County, long a scene of labor unrest. I love your article! BTW I live on Watts Creek and have most of my life..off and on. Whitley County is troublesome. My roots and my heart are there and for me thats important. While my friends and fellow graduates were leaving here, I was happy to stay in a place I loved. . So, I speak of how it was 30 years ago. Her husband had been killed during the war. We are made to known about his death on September 16, 2020. Sally Simonton. So if you have a iota of respect for you mom and dad, grandma and grandpa you will correct this mess and actually write something that isnt from fifty years ago. He made shoes. I left a long time ago and went back to live there once for a few years. I went back through my Ancestry.com files and I found 2: Clarence Leonard, born 24 May 1914, Walker County, AL and died 27 July 1985 at Corbin, KY, it shows he had no wife or children, and his father was John D. Leonard and his mother was Jeanette McKendrick Leonard. Join us . I feel the same way, even though my sons say they cant believe I grew up there! We used to sprinkle sugar over the cheese, before grilling them! They point to the many fine folks in the county who were (and still are) horrified by the goings on at Eastover. Were hemmed in. We went to the movies most weekends and to every football and basketball game. Although its closer to Hazard than Harlan, I would reply, Bean Patch Holler on Irishman Creek! They loved it! I didnt like a lot of your article, some of it is accurate. Welcome to Harlan County! . They just inflict harm. Its nice to read good thoughts of Harlan County. I have many relatives there, but Ive been gone since I graduated from high school in 1979, when my family moved to Corbin. Publicado el marzo 4, 2023 por marzo 4, 2023 por Harlan County, Kentucky: Basil Collins miner foreman and leader/manager of the scabs confronts picketers with a 45 in his right pocket. John Funny thing is, thats what my kids do, even though they live in a small city with a million things to do. My great aunt Alafair lived there till she died and her beauty shop was still there, run by one of daughters the last time I was there. Edit. Again, they are excluded because of lack of isolation. Many who knew of the hair would be shocked to know he wears it pretty much buzzed these days. When attempting to explain to someone where I grew up it was easiest to say somewhere between Harlan and Hazard. I actually grew up on Beech Fork in Leslie County. One of the women told her story about him telling her about the gun he had on the seat next to him, under a rag and that if she brought that stick down on his car, he would use it. You mustve been a good student, John. Elliott County. Harlanthats what we call itisnt a destination, either. http://www.kentuckytourism.com/places_to_stay/holiday-inn-express/73/ just saying. Everyone I knew (including my family) ate government cheesethe best cheese ever. The Fuzzy Duck, the Corner and the VFW. Bell county baby.We got the mountains here too. WebThis option will reset the home page of this site. WebShe talks about people being beaten or threatened, and houses and families being shot at. Basil was a neighbor of ours when I was a kid, so I know he was TO JIM CONNOR, jimmy c morgan lives in the big town of sawbriar, near wallins creek. I was born in Pike Co. in 1960 and in my 53 yrs. Women took over the picket lines. My dad was a teacher at JACHS from 1962 to 1968. Welfare checks. My Mom taught at Evarts from 1951 to 1980. Thanks again for the trip back to the Harlan of my youth! Whats up with that? Daughter has owned her own business in Harlan for thirty years. You dont see that every day. Hi Julie, Yes I know your mother. There are a couple of places to stay, and theyre okay. Basil Collins Harlan County Obituary | Death | Basil Collins Dead | Died | Funeral Plans - We heard about the great loss, that Basil Collins is no more and Again I will say Harlan is a great place to be from but I would not want to live there today. 6. Its quiet now. Mostly, we didnt do much, because there wasnt much to do. 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. We still miss it! He lived there with his wife my Aunt Hazel and their children Laura Jean, Stanley and Mickey. .I didnt think to ask them while they were alive. Mountains. Offended by the possiblility that outsiders will use them to measure the intelligence of my people. She married a coal miner who also was educated and chose that life. The truth, of course, probably lies somewhere in the middle. They had four children..and not once did he ever treat me nor my older brother like step-chilldren. You have to sound like us. i bet you knew my father in law he worked at the loyall store and was the fire chief for a number of years. My much loved step daddy moved us to his hometown after he was discharged from the Army. 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. THIS is just funny. There are a few folks who left and dont care to ever hear of Harlan again, but thats true of all small towns. My parents didnt ever say much about their lives or or about my Grandfathers as both of them met violent deaths back then. Jeanette McKendrick Leonard was my Me-maw and the best lady you to have ever been born! I REMEMBER govt. Its called age, my friend. Dad used have him mow for us sometimes. I get the isolation, and the coal mining( although Boyd , Greenup, and a lot of the others have had some minor strip mining now and then.) Took the jury about 5 minutes to find against us, lol. LOL! I havent lived in Harlan in 30 year, but if someone asks where Im from, Harlan is the immediate response. Who are we? We like that its called Bloody Harlanby some folks even though that name is based upon events which occurred 70 years ago. People gathered at the railroad tracks to watch it. Thanks. Its too dull. I was in her class the day JFK was shot in Dallas. I have a heavy heavy accent. Some are like me. The first of the month is a big time in Harlan. If you read it carefully, youll note that I said I havent lived there in 30+ years. In Harlan County, tensions were high between the striking miners in Kentucky and the mine owners. Well.. My Grandfather/Grandmother was Floyd/Janie Clark. I had friend in Sunshine growing up. Among this crowd are those that my father called off the grid. He said we had a sub-culture of people so far off the creek that they werent plugged in to the modern world. This, so they say, makes them mountain people. 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 live in Nashville now, it seems like everyone here know someone from Harlan. I even remember who it was, but lets let bygones be bygones. I have a 94 year old aunt who still lives there. My parents married in Harlan County in 1949. Thanks. 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. I also would talk to Art at the store in Loyall, where I would stop to get gas. I dont live in Harlan now, but Im still a Harlan Countian. Great story and oh so true, every word of it. Finished my last year in high school from there. Love love love Harlan County Kentucky and the people. In talking about monthly checks, I can remember visiting my family in Louellen, a coal mining camp in those days, and going down to the the company store and watching people get their cheese in blocks and their commodity meat which was actually spam. My older brother and sister were both born at Lynch Hospital. 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. Im surprised I didnt end up with some kind of lung disease. I cant read some of these posts because of the negative way they talk about MY hometown. Coming Down The Cumberland: History of the Maggard Family-- V. N. Bud Phillips 2. But I have lived in Harlan Co. since 1986 & now I couldnt imagine living any where else. That bastion of journalism, Hustler Magazine, once listed Harlan (the town) as one the three meanest towns in America. I have to admit that I enjoy the irony of a sentence like Your ignorant., Its like the guy who commented that Im a fuckin mooron.. I lived across Pine Mtn. You hit home with many of your comments being born and raised in Eastern Kentucky, Sandy Hook, Elliott County to be exact. Loved Justified. If he is still living can you ask him about any Leonard relatives he know about or put him in touch with me. Now kids go to Harlan County High School which consumed Cawood, Evarts and Cumberland High Schools. My best friend (not from Harlan) went to Saudi Arabia as a traveling nurse. We have corresponded back and forth for several years about our Leonard connections. Coal Mining. Thanks for the kind comments. No matter where Ive traveled in this great country, I never fail to meet someone that is either from Harlan, or knows someone that lives there!! My parents were stalwarts. My mom always bought margarine but our housekeeper would get the butter and we thought it was strong. Nowadays, I would love to have some! (: Did you know Jo Alice Chitwood or Lance Johnson? Knew a few Edsels which I never met outside Harlan! Good stuff, John. Harlan County, U.S.A. is not a traditional documentary in any sense of the word. The new leader of the UMWA, Arnold Miller (a real miner, not just a union hack), is shown as a possible sellout. It is true that you can take the boy out of the mountains but never the mountain out of the boy. He was a clerk there. Bledsoe, so we limped, if you know what I mean Born in Leslie Co. and graduated James A Cawood in 81. loved her. Like to have all the money I spent in those places back! Why turn here, I ask? We are related to at least one coal miner. Then, I moved to Lexington, Kentucky and found out that I was pretty tough by Lexington standards. Born and raised in Harlan, graduated from HHS in 1974, and UK in 78.went to work in Washington DC.talk about culture shock! As I was merrily driving along, I was suddenly chastised soundly for missing the road. We got segregation in those years, and I never knew the difference, we all got along. Nothing will get a hard-working coal miner or school teacher fired up like a discussion about those drawing a check. Thats how it was when I was a kid, and it hasnt changed. In fact, when I was down there on business a couple of years ago, I saw a couple hanging out in front of rock store. That is certainly true, but I must say that those unfortunates (if thats what they are) are the in minority.. After 8 weeks or so the letter came with I found your Harlan countian!! You need some coal mines, either now or in the past. I am sure he is talking about when he grew up and how times were then I am from Harlan live here now .I loved the article and havent read anything disrespectful . Ive got a few more Harlan County memories. Thanks for the kind words. Its bleak. (LogOut/ I guess teenagers everywhere just hang out. The result - Harlan County, U.S.A. (1976) - was an astonishingly intimate and passionate work that won the Oscar for Best Documentary and recently was selected as one of twenty-five films by the Library of Congress to be placed on its Film Registry. I appreciate all commentspositive and negative. Robertson County is the toughest to exclude. Grew up in Loyall. I was mostly raised In Floyd Co. KY & did live in Grundy , Va. at one time. A miner was The name of the area now came to be because the truckers that hauled from the mill just refrerred to it as Holmes Mill! You say that you came here now and then, but if you did you would know that we have many amenities and hotels such as a holiday inn express and a comfort inn. I have no information on a Clarence Leonard in our family tree. There arent running gun battles anymore like the famed Battle of Evarts many decades ago. I was raised over the mountain at Little Laurel. I absolutely LOVE this! I have been gone from Harlan now for 40 years, One thing I will say is you are accurate in your writings of Harlan. He evidently hasnt been to Harlan lately. Wayne brought u shea and ur mom n I think he took pictures. The folks in Brookside were surely Harlan Countians as was the chief gun thug, Basil Collins. I go back to Ky at least once a year. I graduated in 1964. Harlan County was fighting for the right to have a union. He had a taxi service called Do me right He was found on the side of the mountain with many bullets in him and his taxi. I live in Lexington, but always tell people Im from Southeastern Kentucky, Knox Co (not to be confused with just Eastern KY or Knott Co. By the way, Cumberland had the Novo Theater and the drive-in theater as well. Basil Noel Unemployment in 2017 was 9.4 percent, far above the national average. Bad and small isnt a recipe for success. 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. I definitely would NOT have fit in. Went to JACHS then moved to Indiana an I havent went home in a long time. My great granny and grandpa lived in Harlan when they first married but moved to Leslie county. I am a brand new grandma and I am Mamaw to that beautiful baby. Sometimes, the film would jam and you could watch it melt. A striking coal miner was in critical condition last night in Harlan County, Ky., after being struck in the head by a shotgun blast. If its hard, its hopeless. I graduated from Cumberland High School in 1975. Scott describes the murder of Lawrence Jones by Billy Bruner. The Short area), my last name being Short Howard and Lucille Leonard are my grandparents. That I can remember but I cant find my car in the parking lot? The old structure is still up there on Pine Mountain. The strikers made bumper stickers supporting their cause and drove around the community in a truck with loudspeakers to explain their grievances and hopefully gain support. I have been gone for 40 years I still have my Harlan Co accent and the kids have lost their Eastern Ky accent. I never got a straight story from my parents and possibly they didnt know why or what happened. Garys was a fun place. There has always been tension between those who work and those who dont or wont. The vast majority of Harlan Countians are proud to be from Harlan. Much later in life we got married and we were on vacation going south to visit her sister who lived back home. WebLearn about Basil Collins: his birthday, age, zodiac sign, his family, and more. I am simultaneously entertained and offended. One side was a roller rink. To her credit this pretty city girl took these inconveniences in her stride and made this mountain man a very good wife. Pretty accurate for McCreary Co, as well. I am a Harlan Countian, born in Harlan at the old hospital as they call it. We visited my grandparents every summer. He was the hardest worker I have ever known. I do not intend to change it now and I am NOT ashamed of it. 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. I have to say, I know of nobody named Lonzo. I am still Harlan County thru and thru. I own a piece of railroad track on the Rhea Straight. I was born and raised in Harlan County and we moved to Alabama in 1952 when I was 12 years old. It is my hometown by choice.I love it, I retired from Ky Dept of Trans (engineering). If he called on you and you missed the questionBOOM! This is where Norma lives, was the reply. In reference to going swimming in the river and the city pool, we did that too. It will always be home to me. We also have accents, heavy mountain accentsthe kind that can be indecipherable even to natives of the area. loved this. Give me about 30 minutes, and its like I never left. It reeked of Pine Sol. WebGames (Goals) 19101912, 19141915, 19171921. It was tough to find two functioning seats together. It has to be kind of tough to get there or at the very least its just on the way to somewhere else. I was born and raised in Harlan, KY a lil place called Sunshine. This excludes Boyd, Greenup, Lewis, etc. Then, they can come back and pay admission to see where they used to live. We had a wonderful daughter and divorced when she was nine. If I go back to Harlan for even a day, even my family cant understand me when I get back. I grew up in Eastern Kentuckyborn and raised as we say. And should I know you? There are a lot of Harlan Countians that are very happy to be called just that. I also have no desire to change this wonderful region.am I forgiven? Very proud of my heritage. Always. I need to work Watts Creek in to a future post, for sure. There are good people and bad people. Not at all. I was just in Harlan County this weekend. To the men that worked at the Highsplint mine, where the majority of filming took place for the documentary, he was the one responsible for making sure Basil and his men got through to work every day. Its a kind of mountain street cred. Sudie Crusenberry. It was quiet then. I think we also went to RC Bottling Plant at Loyall. John, this is really good stuff! WebSeveral members stabbed a local sheriff when he dragged a woman violently off the road on 28 February 1974. Witness strikebreaker Basil Collins as loathsome a screen villain as fiction ever invented targeting her during a drive-by shooting caught on camera. 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. Ive often heard that anywhere you go on Earth you can find someone from Harlan county. Thank you so much for sharing. Of course you have to wash it all down with whole milk from Chappells Dairy! Pingback: ALL ABOARD THE NERVE GAS TRAIN! My Mom graduated from Cumberland High School. WebHarlan County is a county located in southeastern Kentucky.As of the 2020 census, the population was 26,831. Born and raised as you said in Lynch You pretty much hit the nail on the head.. great write-up. Webparcheggio ex mof ferrara orari what happened to basil collins kentucky. They were both sweet, kind, honest, decent people. It captured the essence of Jimmy. I feel like they are missing something that we experienced, but so is life. Our reputation precedes us. I remember an encounter with the business end of a 38 special at the Smith lake boat ramp late one night. Mostly, we just hung out. Itd be hard to sneeze and not hit a Creech with the spray. SO neat to see my family talked about on here! They dont say that because of my accent, since I only have one when I go back there. Maybe its the camo/orange. We mourn with the family of Basil Collins for this great loss. 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. If you do so, you wont be called a bigot or a phobe of any type. Basil Collins was Uncle Basil to us. I was raised on Rhea straight, where the old airport was. Wouldnt trade my youth spent in Harlan County for any other in the world. Most of my old mean crowd are dead. Also, I find the surest way to know someone is from SEKY is after telling them where Im from they follow up with, do you know so-and-so? I love that. But today, thanks to my daughter and another pool company, there are more privately owned pools at homes, per average, than in Fayette County (Lexington). It was the latest violent incident in . First, much of what I wrote is tongue in cheek. Girl fights were always the best.
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