| Record ID | marc_loc_updates/v37.i37.records.utf8:24309881:1853 |
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001 2009026210
003 DLC
005 20090702225057.0
008 090624s2009 scu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2009026210
020 $a9781596298095 (alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC
043 $an-us-ky
050 00 $aF457.B4$bC67 2009
082 00 $a976.9/123$222
100 1 $aCornett, Tim.
245 10 $aBell County, Kentucky :$ba brief history /$cTim Cornett.
260 $aCharleston, SC :$bHistory Press,$c2009.
263 $a0907
300 $ap. cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aEarly residents -- Walker enters Kentucky -- Walden, Finley, and Boone -- The Wilderness Road -- Early settlements -- Kentucky becomes a state and Cumberland Ford -- The Civil War : the tragedy of Cumberland Ford -- Josh Bell County formed -- Cumberland Ford thrives : Middleborough begins -- Mining and railroads come to county -- Pineville incorporated -- Middlesborough : tent city to magic city -- Boom and then bust -- Surviving the bust and the first legal hanging -- Coal creates new boom -- Growth continues -- Mine accidents and economic woes -- Improving roads and the last hanging -- World war brings another boom -- Education improves in the '20s -- Hollywood comes to Bell County and the first park is created -- The Crash, Kettle Island mine disaster, and union trouble -- The Depression, a female sheriff, and chaining the rock -- Battle of Fork Ridge and world war -- Tragedy and disaster -- On to fame and fortune -- Radio stations and national park -- Broadform deeds and strip mining -- Rhodes, Yeary, and Job -- Flood and floodwall -- Closing the twentieth century.
651 0 $aBell County (Ky.)$xHistory.
651 0 $aBell County (Ky.)$xHistory, Local.
651 0 $aBell County (Ky.)$xEconomic conditions.