The previous mentioned Clarence E. Leonard is my Uncle. Who are we? It is good to hear from you and I hope to hear from you again. It will always be home., Thanks. It was a thriving community in the 60s-70s. Harlan County, Kentucky And they were well respected. The only tv stations the antenna could pick up were out of knoxville They know whats best for Harlan, though, and wont hesitate to tell you. A striking coal miner was in critical condition last night in Harlan County, Ky., after being struck in the head by a shotgun blast. My Dad was born in Evarts andexpect for military service and collegenever lived anywhere else. Fine set of words here! If he is still living can you ask him about any Leonard relatives he know about or put him in touch with me. Most of my old mean crowd are dead. My ancestors settled Smith, hence its name, and Im proud of it being off the grid. It is funny how people from all over the Country know where you are talking about when you say you are from Harlan Co. and many of them visibly tense on that statement. Im sorry that I didnt do more to keep in closer touch with them both as we grew older. Howdy, Have lived in SC for the past 25 yrs but everyone who knows me knows where I come from. I have three amazing great-grandbabies. We only periodically had a movie theater, the fabulous Margie Grand in Harlan. And hell, I was taken at knife-point down into the creek at Hall when I was in 6th grade. Loved your blog and thought it to be an accurate description. Im pretty sure I remember Lance. Thats pretty much the consensus of people I know. I dont live in Harlan now, but Im still a Harlan Countian. When we heard a car coming we knew we were having company.we usually hid to see who it was. I was raised in Wallins Creek and Cumberland by my Mamaw as a child. I am simultaneously entertained and offended. I worked as a car hop from Denny rays rite out of high school. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times . Thanks for letting me rant. Arthur died when his house burned a few yrs ago. When I was young, the Government Cheese truck looked like a scene from an African relief mission. Loved Justified. I wouldnt trade my life for anyone else. So, I speak of how it was 30 years ago. Only if were talking to another Harlan Countian would we narrow the description to the town. I lived in Harlan for many years just ended up there one day and loved it and stayed I was not born or raised there just lived Place is wonderfull Im 25 so I would love to go back I call it home I feel home there I moved bout a year ago to Indiana. If you need to go someplace that can be accessed through Harlan County, I guarantee that theres an easier, quicker way to get there. Clarences family was pretty small. Norman was good to my dad, especially during my dads troubles with alcohol yet another commonality of that age. Harlan is mean. So translation you perhaps do not have no prospect of progress which would mean you do have prospect of progress.. you are right few have paid you such complements. Sally Simonton. I dont remember Chappells slogan, but I do remember: Thats what I saidBunny Bread! I also remember the 1st grade field trip to Chappells, Bunny Bread and Harlan Ice. My kids do that, too. If he called on you and you missed the questionBOOM! He used to go visit with Norman during the strike. She retired in 1982. Regardless, they came back. Still have family there. Heres my personal map of the area: This seemingly random boundary results in some folks calling it Southeastern Kentucky which, geographically speaking, is more accurate. I need a shirt like that. You do remember he is my step-daddy?? If you were Basils neighbor, then you lived in Rio Vista, right? His hair was infamous! E Hudson. I-64 runs through Montgomery, Bath, Rowan and Carter Counties. Go help someone else. Im not sure where you found this, but most folks realize that some of it is tongue-in-cheek. I grew up here, went to school here and am still here by choice. Bad-ass wasnt the first word to come to mind, but I sure didnt want to mess with those folk! That bastion of journalism, Hustler Magazine, once listed Harlan (the town) as one the three meanest towns in America. I was up at Holmes Mill just a few months ago. Greenup is east of Harlan, Ashland is east of Whitesburg, and if Catlettsburg gets any more east it`s going to be West Virginia, are you seriously arguing with the lat/ and longitude? I have resided in Knoxville, TN for 26 years but Eastern Kentucky will always be home because that is where my extended family and my husbands extended family continue to reside. These are the folks who stayed in Harlan. | Coal Troll's Blog. Girl fights were always the best. A friend of mine once drank a beer from a girls cowboy boot at the Lounge. One day I kidding with a guy about something he was buying and at some point he says that hes from Mingo, West Virginia. There are gun thugs in Harlan County, U.S.A., in particular a mean, squinty-eyed, jackal named Basil Collins, his pistol sticking out of his Dickies like a goofy cap

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