Kentucky Highlands History

The Sufferings of the Patriots Also the Experience of the Author as an Officer in the Union Army Including Sketches of NOTED GUERILLAS AND DISTINGUISHED PATRIOTS

By: Major J. A. Brents

Published In: 1863

Daniel Boone's Move to Kentucky

The American backwoodsmen had surged up, wave upon wave, till their mass trembled in the troughs of the Alleghenies, ready to flood the continent beyond.

By: Theodore Roosevelt

Published In: 1875

The Army of the Cumberland

The Army of the Cumberland by Henry M. Cist. An account of the Army of the Cumberland's actions during the Civil War in Kentucky and Tennessee.

By: Henry M. Cist

Published In: 1882

A Cumberland Vendetta

Fox's first short story collection.

By: John Fox Jr.

Published In: 1895

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica: Kentucky

We have taken the entry describing Kentucky from the 1911 edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica and rearranged it for easier viewing by divided it into topics.

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Published In: 1911

Christmas Eve on Lonesome and Other Stories

A collection of five short stories by John Fox Jr.

By: John Fox Jr.

Published In: 1911

Our Southern Highlanders

One of the looks at the unique culture of the Highlander

By: Horace Kephart

Published In: 1913

Corporal Fess Whitaker

Among the people of Letcher County no other man has so remarkable history as Fess Whitaker; none other is so well worthy of being carefully studied by all who find pleasure in the past history and particularly by Letcher's own people.

By: Fess Whitaker

Published In: 1918

Pioneers Of The Old Southwest

A very good history of the conquest and settlement of the Kentucky Highlands and eastern Tennessee.

By: Constance Lindsay Skinner

Published In: 1919

The Conquest of the Old Southwest

The romantic story of the early pioneers into Virginia, the Carolinas, Tennessee and Kentucky 1740-1790

By: Archibald Henderson

Published In: 1920

Kentucky State Parks

Presidential Address Delivered Before the Kentucky Academy of Science at Lexington, Kentucky, May 10, 1924. In this address, Willard Rouse Jillson proposes several locations for State Parks. He includes descriptions and pictures of many of his recommendations. This is a useful reminder of how young our park system really is.

By: Willard Rouse Jillson

Published In: 1924

Journal of Doctor Thomas Walker--1749-50

The Journal of Doctor Thomas Walker. His travels through Cumberland Gap and into Kentucky.

By: Dr. Thomas Walker

Published In: 1929

Reality Versus Prejudices

Much has been written about the poverty of the Appalachian mountaineers…

By: Brian Edwards

Published In: 2005

Just How Dangerous is Oxycontin

Due their abuse and addictive potential, they are nearly always…

By: Albert Frantz

Published In: 2005

Language of Appalachia

I don't stretch the word "cornbread" into four syllables.

By: Gayle Trent

Published In: 2005

A letter to my hometown

A quick note about what we are doing in Iraq and some of my experiences.

By: Brian Edwards

Published In: 2005

Civil War

Battles

Kentucky Highlands Medal of Honor Recipients

Medal of Honor | 19th Century Recipients | Early 20th Century Recipients | Late 20th Century Recipients

Kentucky Highlands Roadside Historical Markers

Kentucky Highlands County Information
Adair	Bath	Bell	Boyd
Breathitt	Carter	Casey	Clark
Clay	Clinton	Cumberland	Edmonson
Elliott	Estill	Fleming	Floyd
Garrard	Green	Greenup	Harlan
Hart	Jackson	Johnson	Knott
Knox	Laurel	Lawrence	Lee
Leslie	Letcher	Lewis	Lincoln
McCreary	Madison	Magoffin	Martin
Menifee	Monroe	Montgomery	Morgan
Owsley	Perry	Pike	Powell
Pulaski	Rockcastle	Rowan	Russell
Wayne	Whitley	Wolfe