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| Kentucky Artisan Center - Art on Display |
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| Green Eastern Hemlock - Blue Heron Mine - Big South Fork |
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| Blue Heron Mine - Big South Fork, NRRA |
The Kentucky Artisan Center at Berea, Kentucky offers travelers opportunities to purchase framed art and various Kentucky made items. The Center is constructed of stone and has the appearance of the layered stone of the region’s riverbanks. Outdoor banners suggest that visitors continue to laugh and learn in their life.
The First Christian Church in Corbin, Kentucky is a
Disciples of Christ church. It is
centrally located on Kentucky Avenue and has been at that location since its
construction in 1925. The building is equipped
with an elevator for those who would have difficulty with stairs or those with
limited mobility
Ludington is a harbor town located on Lake Michigan at the
mouth of the Pere Marquette River in Michigan.
Justus S. Stearns moved to Ludington, Michigan from New York and Ohio in
1876. He was in the business of cutting
trees for lumber. He sought the office
of governor of Michigan in 1898 but was defeated. In 1899 he had agents looking in Kentucky and
Tennessee for new tracts to make use of for timbering operations. The Stearns
Coal and Lumber Company began operation in 1902 on land purchased in Kentucky
and Tennessee. At the same time that the lumber industry was being established coal
mining operations began. The first Stearns Company coal mine opened in 1902 and
the first coal shipments were made in 1903. In 1918 the lumber industry was
dwindling in Mason County, Michigan and he closed the lumber company.
The company continued under Justus Sterns’ offspring. Robert
L. Stearns, Sr., Robert L. Stearns, Jr. and Robert Eiledy Gable all ran the
company over the time of the Stearns Company’s presence in Kentucky
and Tennessee. In the 1902 the Stearns company began building a railroad to connect the mines to the Southern Railroad. The
Stearns Railroad became the Kentucky and Tennessee railroad.
It reached mine No. 1 at Barthell, mine No. 4 at Worley, mine No. 11 at Yamacraw, Cooperative Coal Company at Cooperative,; mine No. 15 at White Oak, and mine "A" at Fidelity. Cooperative was a new mine which was organized to give Stearns employees the privilege of buying its stock and sharing its earnings. The Kentucky and Tennessee also ran to the Paint Cliff Mine Company, whose president was Kenneth Meguire of Louisville, the St. Mihiel Coal Company at Oz, and the Camargo Coal Company at Camargo. Later the Railroad reached Mine 18 at Blue Heron.
It reached mine No. 1 at Barthell, mine No. 4 at Worley, mine No. 11 at Yamacraw, Cooperative Coal Company at Cooperative,; mine No. 15 at White Oak, and mine "A" at Fidelity. Cooperative was a new mine which was organized to give Stearns employees the privilege of buying its stock and sharing its earnings. The Kentucky and Tennessee also ran to the Paint Cliff Mine Company, whose president was Kenneth Meguire of Louisville, the St. Mihiel Coal Company at Oz, and the Camargo Coal Company at Camargo. Later the Railroad reached Mine 18 at Blue Heron.
Today travelers can take a train trip from Stearns, KY to
Mine 18 on the track of the Kentucky and Tennessee railroad.
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