About Appalachia
Kentucky’s long northern border is formed by the Ohio River, one of the traditional boundaries between the northern and southern states. Its eastern border touches the Appalachian Mountains, and its western border reaches the Mississippi River.
Harlan County is nestled in the Appalachian Mountains in rural southeastern Kentucky near the Tennessee/Virginia border. Its 468 square miles stretch across the eastern Kentucky coal fields of the Cumberland Plateau.
Some Kentucky history:
In 1775, Daniel Boone helped settle Kentucky on route called the Wilderness Road. Kentucky stayed in the Union during the American Civil War; however, thousands of Kentucky natives joined the Confederate armies.
Settlers came from Scottish, English, and Irish backgrounds. Many served in the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, and as Indian fighters. Coal mining became fully established in Harlan County in 1916, with some mines still active today. (Rootsweb.com)
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