Bell County, Kentucky
Subtitle: a brief history
By: Tim Cornett.
Publisher: History Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Charleston, SC
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781596298095
Subjects: Bell County (Ky.) -- History; Bell County (Ky.) -- History, Local; Bell County (Ky.) -- Economic conditions
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Early residents; title: Walker enters Kentucky; title: Walden, Finley, and Boone; title: The Wilderness Road; title: Early settlements; title: Kentucky becomes a state and Cumberland Ford; title: The Civil War : the tragedy of Cumberland Ford; title: Josh Bell County formed; title: Cumberland Ford thrives : Middleborough begins; title: Mining and railroads come to county; title: Pineville incorporated; title: Middlesborough : tent city to magic city; title: Boom and then bust; title: Surviving the bust and the first legal hanging; title: Coal creates new boom; title: Growth continues; title: Mine accidents and economic woes; title: Improving roads and the last hanging; title: World war brings another boom; title: Education improves in the '20s; title: Hollywood comes to Bell County and the first park is created; title: The Crash, Kettle Island mine disaster, and union trouble; title: The Depression, a female sheriff, and chaining the rock; title: Battle of Fork Ridge and world war; title: Tragedy and disaster; title: On to fame and fortune; title: Radio stations and national park; title: Broadform deeds and strip mining; title: Rhodes, Yeary, and Job; title: Flood and floodwall; title: Closing the twentieth century.