Stories, quotes and anecdotes from Appalachia. 1880s-1950s era.

Category: Kentucky

The oldest continuously played golf course in the US

Middlesboro Country Club’s golf course is the oldest continuously played course in the United States, the second oldest course in the nation.

Mrs. Lillian Ballew Gentry, b. 1927 in Madison County, KY; April 1, 1992 interview conducted by A.G. Dunston, Eastern Kentucky University.

Two Methodist preachers came to pass Sunday at the home of Noble, [and they] insisted that all the cooking be done on Saturday for Sunday.

Fess Whitaker (1880-1927) began his career as a politician in 1917, when he was elected county jailer in Letcher County, KY.

Jenkins, KY didn’t come into existence by steady settlement over a period of years. Jenkins was planned & built by Consolidation Coal Company.

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