After leaving the mountains of her childhood, widow Molly Pierpont returns to help raise the children of her dead sister. She longs to enrich their lives, but how can a citified woman learn to make do in the wilds of Kentucky? Jonas McLean lost his heart when he lost his wife. Now, her sister, Molly, has come at his request - a request he didn't want to make. His daughter loathes the woman, while his son thinks she's his mama. And Jonas - well, he's not exactly sure how he feels about the spiri
Founded in 1976, Blue Apple Players is a nationally acclaimed nonprofit, theater company producing original musicals and educational theater programs for young audiences. Entertaining and inspiring, programs reach across social, economic, and geographical boundaries and use the power of drama to ignite children’s imagination and change lives. Blue Apple tours over 150 performances of its award-winning original musicals each year, reaching nearly 60000 youth throughout a ten state region. Venues have ranged from the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC to inner city Chicago schools and log gymnasiums in the mountains of Kentucky. Drama for Learning; Drama for Life provides drama-based education programs focused on academic and social growth for youth at more than 70 different schools and community sites a year in the Metro Louisville area and Southern Indiana. Video Rating: 5 / 5
This song was written for my Aunt Earnestine Hall. She lives in the Appalachian Mountains of Kentucky and she is the true “Lady of the Mountain”. I wrote this song for her in 1994 and this video was recorded in June 1997. Video Rating: 5 / 5
Billy Hill & the Hillbillies quintet, live at Disneyland, in the great outdoors, on the streets of Frontierland, in front of the Pioneer Mercantile shop, during the fall ’06 Golden Horseshoe Saloon refurbishment, performing “The Blue Mountains of Kentucky” Pt. 1, daytime, CLIP 2, filmed on 09/26/06
I Love KINGS MOUNTAIN, KENTUCKY City Limit Sign. Made of Aluminum and High Quality Vinyl Letters and Graphics. This sign is 9 x 36 inches. Made to last for years outdoors, the sign is nice enough to display indoors too, comes with two holes pre-punched for easy installation and the corners are rounded. The item shipped will be exactly as shown in the picture (Unless you notify us otherwise i.e. a custom made order)
This is a video I made featuring Jean Ritchie, The Mountain Queen, singing “Sweet William and Lady Margaret” from her 1961 album “Ballads from Her Appalachian Family Tradition” Jean Ritchie is from Appalachian Kentucky. She was born in 1922 in the Cumberland Mountains of Kentucky and has had a very accomplished career in music. She is a real American Treasure and still makes appearances around the US. For more information go to www.JEANRITCHIE.com The Smithsonian has also archived and rereleased some of her older albums. Be sure to check them out!
After serving on an ASP work crew in June 2009, I gave a recital to raise money for the groups’ work. ASP’s mission is to make homes “safer, drier, and warmer” for the people of Central Appalachia. I was very moved by the desperate need of the people I met working in the mountains of Kentucky. Our nation was built on the coal that came from this region, but it’s people have always lived in poverty. This series of videos is an effort to bring hope and new life to some of the poorest people in our country. Please visit www.asphome.org for more information, or watch the ASP video www.youtube.com Video Rating: 5 / 5
Donate today: www.donategreenpeace.com From the mountains of Kentucky, to the innercity neighborhoods of Chicago, the entire life cycle of coal is filthy – from disastrous mining practices like mountaintop removal, to toxic emissions. What is the true cost of coal on our planet, and on the lives and health of ordinary Americans? Hear firsthand stories from local activists Nina and Mickey McCoy (Inez, KY), and Leila Mendez (Chicago). Video Rating: 4 / 5
In the mountains of Kentucky in 1931, the coal miners of Harlan County went on strike. Officers hired by the mining company roamed the countryside hunting for the union leaders. The independent coal miners fought back gallantly against the hired company deputies and blood was spilled on both sides. “Which Side Are You On,” was written by Florence Reece, the wife of Sam Reece, a union leader who had escaped into the Kentucky mountains for safety. Class warfare continues in the United States and in most nations throughout the world. Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Lee Hays, and Millard Lampell of the Almanac Singers made this song famous in 1941. – Spadecaller Video Rating: 4 / 5
This is 17500 Acres for sale in the Beautiful Mountains of Kentucky! The infrastructure of Electric and 40 Ft. wide gravel roads are already on the property and in great condition! The property currently has over 60 million board feet of marketable timber ready for harvest and produces approx. 0000 per year from coal easement rights payable to the owner. Hope you enjoy the video and contact me at b_soloe@yahoo.com if you have any questions.
Big Rock Log Cabin beside Natural Bridge State Park and minutes from Red River Gorge in the Mountains of Kentucky. Video Rating: 5 / 5
This is the local video describing Reclaiming Futures in the Mountains of Kentucky, one of 10 grantee sites of Reclaiming Futures, a national initiative of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Reclaiming Futures in the Mountains of Kentucky is affiliated with Kentucky River Community Care and is a new approach to helping teenagers caught in the cycle of drugs, alcohol and crime. For more information visit www.reclaimingfutures.org
This is part 2 of the local video describing Reclaiming Futures in the Mountains of Kentucky, one of 10 grantee sites of Reclaiming Futures, a national initiative of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Reclaiming Futures in the Mountains of Kentucky is affiliated with Kentucky River Community Care and is a new approach to helping teenagers caught in the cycle of drugs, alcohol and crime. For more information visit www.reclaimingfutures.org
COMMUNITY STORY – - – Benham and Lynch are nestled in Harlan County at the foot of Black Maintain, Kentucky’s highest peak. Established as “coal camps” in 1911 and 1917 respectively, they were towns built to support the coal mining operations of two corporations: the Wisconsin Steel division of International Harvester and the US Coal and Coke Company. (Coal camps were towns where every building, home, school, and store was owned by a company. They typically paid the workers in script that could only be used at the company store.)
Benham and Lynch were “captive” mines. Neither had to rely on the fluctuations of the coal market to sell the coal they mined. To maintain a stable workforce, these coal companies provided a better quality of life than found in most coal camps. For example, by the 1940s, approximately one-third of the graduates of Benham High School had completed at least one year of college.
In 1945, Lynch’s population of 10000 was reportedly the world’s largest coal camp. Today, with one-third of the residents being African-American and many others tracing their ancestry to Eastern Europe and Italy, Lynch is one of the most diverse communities in Appalachian Kentucky.
As the years passed, the coal companies sold their property in the towns to town residents, but kept ownership of the surrounding mountains(and the coal in them). As larger machines were invented, coal mining methods transitioned from underground tunneling to mountaintop removal.
In the past two decades, Harlan County residents have joined together to protect the upper parts of Black Mountain from logging and mountaintop removal. During the most recent event in 2007, local residents drew on the expertise of local United Mine Workers of America members, the Lynch City Council, Kentuckians For The Commonwealth and the Kentucky Resource Council to successfully prevent coal mining activities under the Lynch water system.
Currently, the residents of Benham and Lynch are concerned about a proposed 692 acre strip mine threatening the towns and their efforts to develop cultural heritage tourism. Many are also working to develop renewable energy resources and are looking at ways to reduce their energy consumption.
To support Carl and his community contact:
Kentuckians for the Commonwealth
(606) 878-2161 • www.kftc.org
KFTC works with people to organize in their home communities across Kentucky, helping everyday community members become extraordinary community leaders.
After leaving the mountains of her childhood, widow Molly Pierpont returns to help raise the children of her dead sister. She longs to enrich their lives, but how can a citified woman learn to make do in the wilds of Kentucky? Jonas McLean lost his heart when he lost his wife. Now, her sister, Molly, has come at his request - a request he didn't want to make. His daughter loathes the woman, while his son thinks she's his mama. And Jonas - well, he's not exactly sure how he feels about the spiri
