South from Hell-fer-Sartin: Kentucky Mountain Folk Tales

South from Hell-fer-Sartin: Kentucky Mountain Folk Tales

South from Hell-fer-Sartin, a short creek flowing into the Middle Fork of the Kentucky River, lies one of the of the most isolated regions in Kentucky. There, on the north slope of the Pine Mountain range in Leslie and Perry counties — probably the last stronghold of white, [...]

Kentuky Mountain Living...Looking Back

Hyden, Kentucky Farm [Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection (Library of Congress)}

Life in the mountains of East Kentucky has been demanding since the early days of European (mostly Scotch-Irish and English) settlement. In the many isolated valleys and hollows, it is a hardscrabble life, even today. Yet many of [...]