MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 01958cam a2200277 a 4500
001 2009026210
003 DLC
005 20100702100118.0
008 090624s2009 scuab b 000 0 eng
010 $a 2009026210
020 $a9781596298095 (alk. paper)
020 $a159629809X (alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn424561437
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dYDX$dYDXCP$dDLC
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.
300 $a158 p. :$bill., map ;$c23 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [157]-158).
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 and the tragedy of Cumberland Ford -- Josh Bell County formed -- Cumberland Ford thrives and Middlesborough begins -- Mining and railroads come to the 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.