Thanks for sharing these beautiful mountains with us.My Dad was a coal miner all his life. That’s all he knew how to do. He passed away in 1975 with a heart problems and Black lung. I was a baby and don’t remember that. Any way I enjoy your videos,keep them coming. God bless you both.
Thank you for doing this video. I spent many days in Kitts. My Mama Bates and Papa Bates owned Bates’ grocery store. I will show this video to my mother Lois Bates.
I’ve really enjoyed your videos of Harlan County. As a child, I spent every summer with my grandmother (Lizzie Fields) who lived on Turner Hill, about halfway up. My mother was raised on Turner Hill. My grandmother was good friends with Maggie Bailey who sold moonshine and red whiskey. I sat in her kitchen many times while she and my Granny had a little nip. Maggie’s home was in Clover Town. I hope you go up Turner Hill sometime and do a video. The. cemetery is at the top on the left. We have several family members buried there. Last time I was there it was pretty overgrown. Anyway, thanks for your videos.
So glad you enjoy the videos. Thanks for the information on Turner Hill, I want to go up there and do a video soon. Thanks for the great Maggie Bailey story.
My dad grew up on Turner Hill and loved your grandmother, Liz Fields. His name was Shirley Dugger. Your grandmother used to give him white gravy and biscuits when he was little. I have many family members in the cemetery atop Turner Hill. Last time I was up to decorate graves, one of the Turner family had been up there logging. :(
Sorry my message got cut off. I used to play with their daughter (granddaughter) Edwina. Everyone call her Winnie. When a bad summer storm hit we would go sit in Roxie’s basement till it passed. I don’t remember Shirley Dugger. Roxie and Milford were wonderful people and generous with others. I was at the Turner Hill cemetery last year. Some of my family are buried there. I took my niece and nephew up there, (they are in their 40’s and I’m 77). I told them that now that some of their DNA is on the mountain they have to come back to keep the tradition going. It’s nice to share memories.
Love this video as much as all the others. Your videos have helped us make a decision in our lives. We sold our house and land in Indiana and have closed on our new property in Harlan County. We have one truck moved in and another to go. We have fell in love with the mountains and the very nice folks of Harlan County. We stayed at the Aire Hotel while we closed on our property. Ate at the Dairy Hat and the Huddle House. Such very nice folks. We hope to see you all and meet you soon. Keep up the videos. God Bless.
My daddy's birthplace was Kitts KY. His dad was John Guy Burchett. I'm sure he worked in that mine. We are visiting Harlan and surrounding areas this coming weekend.
Y'all crack me up...love the kudzu joke....😁. When I was a kid we would take old clothes, that my brother in law would steal from the Goodwill box (we couldn't afford to buy clothes), put on about three layers and dive into kudzu...😂 omg! We had a blast just spending the day jumping into kudzu...those old coal carts may have been the type that cut my grandfather's fingers off when he worked in the coal mines. That would have been early to mid 30s. I don't know if those were that old though. Do y'all by any chance know a slang term called salting the tracks? Momma said that was how my grandfather lost his fingers...I thought maybe y'all might know what that means. If you do please let me know. It may have been maybe a term he used to make her understand as a child what he was doing to the track when he lost his fingers. If y'all know please please let me know. Please tell Mrs Coyote I feel her pain losing so much in such a short time. Within a 5 yr period I lost my mom, two sisters, my brother, two brother in laws, a son in law, two nephews,a niece and two of my grandchildren. Mrs. Coyote my heart pours out to you dear. Please know I am praying for you. Love seeing the old tipple. How cool was that! Wow so much history! I really want to come up that way one day. I have so much family history there and have never been there. God bless y'all.
Thank you so much for the wonderful comment and all your prayers, they're appreciated. my father-in-law says your grandfather was probably talking about the routine maintenance of the tracks in the mines which included putting sand on the tracks, cleaning sand and other things off the tracks, straightening the tracks and taking care that the cars didn't derail.
@@IgnitedCoyote Thank you so much for answering that question. When momma said he salted the tracks it really didn't make sense to me because of stuff I was reading about mining. I told her he probably told her in that way to make her understand the way he was using his hands to cast something like you would if you were casting salt out of your hand. She was little and it was traumatic for her when he lost his fingers. When my grandmother died momma was only 3 years old. My grandfather would walk coal camp to coal camp for work for about 3 yrs when she was real little before he remarried. He would knock on a door of someone in the camp usually a elderly person and would ask if momma could sit on the porch until he got done working. That particular day it happen to be a house where she could see the opening of the mine where he would go in and come out. She heard a warning of some sort that would let people know there was an emergency. She said she knew right then that it was her daddy. She felt it in her heart. She started crying asking the Lord to please don't take her daddy because he had her momma. When she saw the mantrip being pull up and he was lying on top of it with a man holding his hand up with something tied around it she knew then he was going to be ok. She said I knew when I saw my daddy laying there screaming one min and going limp the next she said I knew he would be ok. She was scared but was thankful he was alive. I do thank you for answering this question for me. Really puts an end to me wondering about this. TY God bless
I love your Harlan County Videos! Buuuuuut, I wish you had shown more of Kitts. Why didn't you go over the railroad tracks in front of the old coal mine? I would have loved to see the old place. I know there are no more houses there but I was wondering if the road was still there. We lived in the first house on the right, on the corner. Great memories! Thanks for the videos and make more more more : )
Another great video. Thank you. My great grandmother died of TB in 1919. She was buried in Kitts. I always wanted to try to find where she was buried. I'm not sure she had a headstone though. And i'm not sure whether there is more than one cemetery there.
I was told buy a former resident that the cemetery on Turner Hill has headstones dating back to the 1800s in it so I'm thinking about checking it out. Thanks for watching!
Love these videos but it really is kind of sad at the same time. People had to leave for various reasons but mainly because Coal started being used less and they had to leave to find work and survive. Another great video.
That ol store would make a nice biker bar.
Thanks for sharing these beautiful mountains with us.My Dad was a coal miner all his life. That’s all he knew how to do. He passed away in 1975 with a heart problems and Black lung. I was a baby and don’t remember that. Any way I enjoy your videos,keep them coming. God bless you both.
Thanks so much for watching! 75 is the same year I lost my grandmother.
Thank you for doing this video. I spent many days in Kitts. My Mama Bates and Papa Bates owned Bates’ grocery store. I will show this video to my mother Lois Bates.
You're welcome! Thanks for watching.
I’ve really enjoyed your videos of Harlan County. As a child, I spent every summer with my grandmother (Lizzie Fields) who lived on Turner Hill, about halfway up. My mother was raised on Turner Hill. My grandmother was good friends with Maggie Bailey who sold moonshine and red whiskey. I sat in her kitchen many times while she and my Granny had a little nip. Maggie’s home was in Clover Town. I hope you go up Turner Hill sometime and do a video. The. cemetery is at the top on the left. We have several family members buried there. Last time I was there it was pretty overgrown. Anyway, thanks for your videos.
So glad you enjoy the videos.
Thanks for the information on Turner Hill, I want to go up there and do a video soon. Thanks for the great Maggie Bailey story.
My dad grew up on Turner Hill and loved your grandmother, Liz Fields. His name was Shirley Dugger. Your grandmother used to give him white gravy and biscuits when he was little. I have many family members in the cemetery atop Turner Hill. Last time I was up to decorate graves, one of the Turner family had been up there logging. :(
@@harlanborn6 I knew Milford and Roxie Dugger, they lived straight across the road from my my grandmother (Liz).
Sorry my message got cut off. I used to play with their daughter (granddaughter) Edwina. Everyone call her Winnie. When a bad summer storm hit we would go sit in Roxie’s basement till it passed. I don’t remember Shirley Dugger. Roxie and Milford were wonderful people and generous with others. I was at the Turner Hill cemetery last year. Some of my family are buried there. I took my niece and nephew up there, (they are in their 40’s and I’m 77). I told them that now that some of their DNA is on the mountain they have to come back to keep the tradition going. It’s nice to share memories.
Great Job IC...Love the history of the eastern coalfields region !
Thanks!
Thanks very much for sharing
Super video, brings back great childhood memories of kitts and my Grandmas Store that you mentioned. Thank you
Thank You!
Thank You!
Love this video as much as all the others. Your videos have helped us make a decision in our lives. We sold our house and land in Indiana and have closed on our new property in Harlan County. We have one truck moved in and another to go. We have fell in love with the mountains and the very nice folks of Harlan County. We stayed at the Aire Hotel while we closed on our property. Ate at the Dairy Hat and the Huddle House. Such very nice folks. We hope to see you all and meet you soon. Keep up the videos. God Bless.
Welcome to the mountains and God bless!
My daddy's birthplace was Kitts KY. His dad was John Guy Burchett. I'm sure he worked in that mine. We are visiting Harlan and surrounding areas this coming weekend.
Hope you enjoy your visit!
Great video Coyote! Neat old mining equipment and truck! I've got lots of Kudzu on the hill here where I live too.😀 thanks for sharing!
Thanks for watching!
I like seeing the old communities and learning some history.
Looks like a picture in time, all the rust ok b everything show's the damages from floods in years past. Ty
Y'all crack me up...love the kudzu joke....😁. When I was a kid we would take old clothes, that my brother in law would steal from the Goodwill box (we couldn't afford to buy clothes), put on about three layers and dive into kudzu...😂 omg! We had a blast just spending the day jumping into kudzu...those old coal carts may have been the type that cut my grandfather's fingers off when he worked in the coal mines. That would have been early to mid 30s. I don't know if those were that old though. Do y'all by any chance know a slang term called salting the tracks? Momma said that was how my grandfather lost his fingers...I thought maybe y'all might know what that means. If you do please let me know. It may have been maybe a term he used to make her understand as a child what he was doing to the track when he lost his fingers. If y'all know please please let me know. Please tell Mrs Coyote I feel her pain losing so much in such a short time. Within a 5 yr period I lost my mom, two sisters, my brother, two brother in laws, a son in law, two nephews,a niece and two of my grandchildren. Mrs. Coyote my heart pours out to you dear. Please know I am praying for you. Love seeing the old tipple. How cool was that! Wow so much history! I really want to come up that way one day. I have so much family history there and have never been there. God bless y'all.
Thank you so much for the wonderful comment and all your prayers, they're appreciated. my father-in-law says your grandfather was probably talking about the routine maintenance of the tracks in the mines which included putting sand on the tracks, cleaning sand and other things off the tracks, straightening the tracks and taking care that the cars didn't derail.
@@IgnitedCoyote Thank you so much for answering that question. When momma said he salted the tracks it really didn't make sense to me because of stuff I was reading about mining. I told her he probably told her in that way to make her understand the way he was using his hands to cast something like you would if you were casting salt out of your hand. She was little and it was traumatic for her when he lost his fingers. When my grandmother died momma was only 3 years old. My grandfather would walk coal camp to coal camp for work for about 3 yrs when she was real little before he remarried. He would knock on a door of someone in the camp usually a elderly person and would ask if momma could sit on the porch until he got done working. That particular day it happen to be a house where she could see the opening of the mine where he would go in and come out. She heard a warning of some sort that would let people know there was an emergency. She said she knew right then that it was her daddy. She felt it in her heart. She started crying asking the Lord to please don't take her daddy because he had her momma. When she saw the mantrip being pull up and he was lying on top of it with a man holding his hand up with something tied around it she knew then he was going to be ok. She said I knew when I saw my daddy laying there screaming one min and going limp the next she said I knew he would be ok. She was scared but was thankful he was alive. I do thank you for answering this question for me. Really puts an end to me wondering about this. TY God bless
I love your Harlan County Videos! Buuuuuut,
I wish you had shown more of Kitts. Why
didn't you go over the railroad tracks in front
of the old coal mine? I would have loved to
see the old place. I know there are no more
houses there but I was wondering if the
road was still there. We lived in the first
house on the right, on the corner. Great memories!
Thanks for the videos and make more more more : )
I plan on going back to Kitts. I want to check out the cemetery on Turner Hill and I'll check out across the tracks. Thanks for watching!
Fantastic. Video. I. Will. Share. It. .
Another great video. Thank you. My great grandmother died of TB in 1919. She was buried in Kitts. I always wanted to try to find where she was buried. I'm not sure she had a headstone though. And i'm not sure whether there is more than one cemetery there.
I was told buy a former resident that the cemetery on Turner Hill has headstones dating back to the 1800s in it so I'm thinking about checking it out. Thanks for watching!
@@IgnitedCoyote Good info! Thank you!
I hope you drive through Brookside and Ages and Ages Bottom some time. You can video the old Eastover mine in Brookside.
Love these videos but it really is kind of sad at the same time. People had to leave for various reasons but mainly because Coal started being used less and they had to leave to find work and survive. Another great video.
Thanks for watching! And you're right there is a sadness between what is and what used to be.
Live right beside of mags old house, good video
VERY Interesting everyone enjoys the history. Many thanks. R.
Thanks for watching!
Kudzu is pretty and scary at the same time. Kind of like Tammy😁. Congratulations on the ads! Truly well deserved.
Thanks! I appreciate it. I hope you're still around to read this after you compared Tammy to Kudzu Vine! LOL
I lived on Turner Hill above Kitts. I remember all the camp house, many just shacks when I was a kid in the 1950's.
That kudzu is crazy. It’s like that here NC to
Y'all need to come down an see a few other things in knox county
Absolutely! We'll be checking out Knox County some more. It's good to hear from you. Take care and God bless!
Nice community of history
I can almost see the locals hanging around that old store....probably the only place in town at the time.
My grandmother owned that store. I could go over there and get whatever I wanted as a kid. Great place to grow up!
@@80ryans I love small town America.....and especially Kentucky.
Have you done a video on Mary Alice, Harlan, Ky?
No I've not done one yet but that's actually a good idea thanks! if you have any information on Mary Alice My email is coyotesden2000@gmail.com
Have you done a drive-through coxton
Not yet, but give me time I'll get there. thanks for watching!
You're welcome
My daddy works at the coal mine in 1944. There
Watching you in Florida, hope you make a trip to my hometown Elkhorn City Ky and Breaks Interstate Park. . Zip 41522 . Tks Bobby M
I know how that sailboat got there.
Hope you can tell us sometime