Below is an alphabetized listing of the reference sources used throughout this website. Links to these references are presented as green type superscript text within the articles, timeline, and other website resources.
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“Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky Passed at the Session which was Begun and Held in the City of Frankfort on Monday, the Fifth Day of December, 1859, and ended on Monday, the Fifth Day of March, 1860. Volume One.” Frankfort, Ky: Printed at the Yeoman Office, J.B. Major, State Printer, 1860. Google Books
“Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky Passed at the Regular Session of the General Assembly, Which Was Begun and Held in the City of Frankfort on Monday, the First Day of December, 1873”. The Kentucky Yeoman Office, B. I. M. Major, Public Printer, 1874.
“Aerial Photographs of the Ashland Quadrangle, Kentucky–Ohio.” U.S. Geological Survey, 1954-1955.
The American Appraisal Co. “Appraisal of the Ashland Iron & Mining Co., Incorporated, Ashland, Kentucky.” March 1, 1918.
“American Rolling Mill Co. Takes Ashland Plant.” In: Iron Trade Review, LXIX, no. 26 (December 29, 1921): page 1699. hdl.handle.net/2027/iau.31858020916833?urlappend=%3Bseq=1715
“Ashland-Cattlettsburg, Ky. City Directory”. Vol. IV. 1915. Piedmont Directory Company, Asheville, NC, 1915.
Ashland Coal & Iron Railway Company. “Collieries and Furnaces of the Ashland Coal & Iron Ry. Co., Ashland, Ky. Sketches and Illustrations of the A.C. & I. Ry. Co”. Ashland, KY, 1900.
Ashland Coal & Iron Railway Company. “Data covering right-of-way, Main Line, Sidings, Spurs, Branches, Lands, etc.” February 2, 1924.
“Ashland Daily Independent.” Ashland Daily Independent. n.d.
Ashland Iron & Mining Company. “Application for refund on behalf of the Ashland Iron & Mining Company, Ashland, Kentucky, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1917.” Carbon copy of brief addressed to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 1922.
“Balclutha, New Zealand.” Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Date of last revision: 16 August 2020. en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Balclutha,_New_Zealand&oldid=973218757
“Boyd County School Board Records,” n.d.
“Boyd County Board of Education – General Record Book – 1905 – 1917,” 1905-1917.
“Boyd County Board of Education – General Record Book – 1918 – 1921,” 1918-1921.
Bush, Greg, and Phyllis Bush. “Greg and Phyllis Bush Interview – Owners of Star Furnace Property”. Interview by Lon Coleman, June 28, 2015.
“Charcoal – Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site (U.S. National Park Service).” Accessed January 2, 2017. www.nps.gov/hofu/learn/historyculture/charcoal.htm.
Clark, Thomas D., and Terry Birdwhistell. “Sullivan Law.” Edited by John E. Kleber. In: The Kentucky Encyclopedia. The University Press of Kentucky, 1992.
Cline, Roy. “Roy Cline – Princess Brickyard and Vicinity Interview”. Interview by Lon Coleman, January 2, 2015.
Coleman, Frances Tiller. “Frances Tiller Coleman (1921-1999) Personal Ledger,” 1964-1967.
Coleman, Lon. What’s With All the Numbered Location Names? The AC&I / AI&M Mines, July 31, 2020.
Coleman, Pope. “Pope Coleman Interview – Big Run Coal and Clay Company”. Interview by Lon Coleman, March 30, 2015.
“Death Angel Stills Life of Most Noble Citizen”. [obituary of Joseph Barrett]. Newspaper clipping. No publication title. August 13, 1912.
“Deed Record Document – Boyd County Court Clerk’s Office, Catlettsburg KY,” n.d.
“Deed Record Document – Carter County Court Clerk’s Office, Grayson KY,” n.d.
DenBoer, Gorden. “Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. Kentucky”. Edited by John H. Long, 1995.
Fannin, Bernie. “Bernie Fannin -Princess and Vicinity – Phone Interview”. Interview by Lon Coleman, April 24, 2015.
Gee, Pat. “Pat Gee Phone Interview – Coalton and Princess Schools”. Interview by Lon Coleman, January 8, 2015.
Hamilton, Curtis, and Ken Young. “Interview with Curtis Hamilton and Ken Young of Four Mile Creek on 15 Dec 2015 regarding 1954 crash of F-86E Sabre Jet”. Interview by Lon Coleman. Paper, December 15, 2015.
Hanners, Arnold. “Arnold Hanners Photograph Collection”. Boyd County Public Library, Central Avenue Branch.
Hanners, Arnold. “Ashland’s Past a Pictorial History 1776-1976”. Published Ashland KY 1976. kykinfolk.org/kyboyd/Photographs/Collections/Hanner/Hanner-AP/cover.htm. Next page access at the very bottom of every page.
Hatcher, Wm B. G. “Map of the Star Furnace Co. Land Carter County KY”. Surveyed by W.C. Mitchell, Eng. & Wm B.G. Hatcher, Drawn by Wm B.G. Hatcher, May 1866. A copy of this map is available at the Boyd County Kentucky Public Library, Genealogy Room.
Hicks, Ed. “Ed Hicks – Glass Negative Found In Demolition of Perry and Tillie Hicks House on KY SR5”. Interview by Lon Coleman, 17 October 2021.
Interstate Commerce Commission. Bureau of Valuation, Engineering Section. “Detailed Land Maps,” ca. 1915 – ca. 1920. Under the Valuation Act of 1913, the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) used these maps to help evaluate railroad corporate property. Railroad companies prepared these maps and forwarded them to the ICC. The ICC reviewed, annotated and maintained the maps as valuation records. Within this large set are the maps prepared by the Ashland Coal and Iron Railway Company (AC&I) from Ashland KY to Denton KY. The originals are at the C & O Historical Society at Clifton Forge VA.
Jackson, Evelyn Scyphers. “Boyd County.” Edited by John E. Kleber. In: The Kentucky Encyclopedia. The University Press of Kentucky, 1992. books.google.com/books?id=8eFSK4o–M0C&lpg=PP1&pg=PA108#v=onepage&q&f=false
Jillson, Willard Rouse. “The Big Sandy Valley: A Regional History Prior to 1850.” In: Register. Kentucky State Historical Society. Frankfort, KY : Kentucky State Historical Society, Vol. 20, No. 60 (September, 1922): pages 226-259. books.google.com/books?id=hXIUAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA242&dq=balclutha%20%22mason%20county%20kentucky%22&pg=PA226-IA8#v=onepage&q=balclutha%20%22mason%20county%20kentucky%22&f=false
Johnson, E. Polk. “A History of Kentucky and Kentuckians: The Leaders and Representative Men in Commerce, Industry, and Modern Activities”. Vol. III. The Lewis Publishing Company, 1912.
Keeton, Betty Carrol Rhodemyer. “Betty Carrol Rhodemyer Keeton – Carrol Mining Company – Phone Interview”. Interview by Lon Coleman, May 29, 2015.
Kemper, Jackson III. “American Charcoal Making In the Era of the Cold-Blast Furnace”. 1987 re-Printing of 1941 edition. Eastern National Park and Monument Association, 1987. www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/popular/14/ps14-1.htm.
Kentucky. “Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Passed at the Regular Session of the General Assembly.” 1873-1874. Lexington, KY: J. Bradford, printer to the Commonwealth, 1874. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=osu.32437123672475&seq=7.
Kentucky. “Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Passed at the Regular Session of the General Assembly.” 1875-1876. Frankfort, KY: James A. Hodges, Public Printer, 1876. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3683104&seq=7.
Kentucky. “Annual Report of the Inspector of Mines”. Issued since 1884 by the Department of Mines (also called Inspector of Mines, or State Department of Mines). catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/006206733
“Kentucky Electric Steel will file bankruptcy,” The Courier-Journal, Louisville, KY, January 4, 2003, page F-1.
Kentucky Geological Survey. “Map of the Counties of Greenup, Carter, Boyd and part of Lawrence.” Topography by Assistants C. Schenk and W.C. Mitchell. 1876. www.kyhistory.com/cdm/ref/collection/Maps/id/200
“Lexington & Big Sandy Railroad.” WikiLex. Lexington Historical Museum, n.d. lexhistory.org/wikilex/lexington-big-sandy-railroad.
Luigart, Fred. “One Tree = One House, big poplar furnished all the lumber for 2-story home that ex-Indian scout built on his Carter County farm.” Courier-Journal, Louisville, KY, 16 April 1961. Likely the Sunday Supplement.
Marcum, Joe. “Joe Marcum – Alamo House and Princess Area Interview”. Interview by Lon Coleman, May 29, 2015.
McGuire, David. “Phone Interview With David McGuire Regarding Rush KY History”. Interview by Lon Coleman, 6 June 2016.
“Newport Steel Buys Company,” Saturday Oklahoman & Times, Oklahoma City, OK, August 30, 1986, page 24.
Norris, J Bertrand. “1861 Diary of J Bertrand Norris.” Diary. Star Furnace, Carter County, KY, 1861.
“NS Group to sell Ky. Electric Steel”, Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington, KY, June 24, 1993, page B-4.
Patrick, James W., and Charles M. Patrick, eds. “A History of Ashland, Kentucky 1786 to 1954. Ashland Centennial Committee for the Celebration of its Centennial, October 1, 2 and 3, 1954”, 1954. sites.rootsweb.com/~kyboyd//general/History-Ashland/HistoryAshland.pdf
Powers, James. “Ashland.” Edited by John E. Kleber. In: The Kentucky Encyclopedia. The University Press of Kentucky, 1992. books.google.com/books?id=8eFSK4o–M0C&lpg=PP1&pg=PA36#v=onepage&q&f=false
Reid, John and Winterbotham, W. “Map of the State of Kentucky; with the Adjoining Territories. 1795.” Published by Smith, Reid and Wayland, 1796. www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/s/h3wnzv
“Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971”. Microfilm publication M841, 145 rolls; NAID: 596306 and 17027522; Records of the Post Office Department, 1773 – 1971, Record Group 28; The National Archives in Washington, D.C.
Reps, John William. “Views and Viewmakers of Urban America: Lithographs of Towns and Cities in the United States and Canada, Notes on the Artists and Publishers, and a Union Catalog of Their Work, 1825-1925”. University of Missouri Press, 1984.
“Republic Acquires Two Kentucky Firms,” The Sunday Times, Scranton, PA, September 8, 1968, page B-5.
Riley, and Ricker. “Ashland Ky” (Lithograph). Printed by Shober & Carqueville Lithography Company, circa 1877.
Rist, Donald E. “Iron Furnaces of the Hanging Rock Region”. Hanging Rock Press, Ashland, KY, 1974.
“Thomas Marshall (Virginia politician, born 1730).” Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Date of last revision: 21 June 2020. en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Marshall_(Virginia_politician,_born_1730)&oldid=963667924.
Tiller, Tom. “Interview with Tom Tiller regarding F-86E Sabre Jet Crash at Head of Rush, KY on 14 June 1954.” Interview by Lon Coleman. Paper, April 25, 2017.
“Trains/ICC valuations/Ashland Coal and Iron Railway.” Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Date of last revision: 27 December 2019. en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Trains/ICC_valuations/Ashland_Coal_and_Iron_Railway&oldid=932724683.
“[United States Air Force Crash Incident Reports for F-86E Sabre Jet Crash at Rush, KY on 14 June 1954. File Retrieved by Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research].” United States Air Force, 1954.
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United States Geological Survey. Earth Explorer [website]. Aerial Photo Single Frames Data Set. earthexplorer.usgs.gov
Unknown author. “Corporate History, the Lexington & Big Sandy Railroad, Eastern Division.” Written after February 24, 1924, but no date in document.
Weathers, V.O. “Field Book, No. 3.” Engineering notes for field projects for the Ashland Iron & Mining Company and it’s subsidiary, Ashland Coal & Iron Railroad. February 10, 1920.
Whitley, Raymond. “Raymond Whitley Interview – Rush, KY Places & People”. Interview by Lon Coleman, 2012.
“William Grayson.” Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Date of last revision: 2 June 2020. en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William_Grayson&oldid=960354942.
Wolfford, George. “George Wolfford’s Annotations on the 1861 Diary of J Bertrand Norris.” Notes. Ashland, KY, 1980.
Wolfford, George. “Grayson.” Edited by John E. Kleber. In: The Kentucky Encyclopedia. The University Press of Kentucky, 1992. books.google.com/books?id=8eFSK4o–M0C&lpg=PP1&pg=PA385#v=onepage&q&f=false
Lon, I think communicating by email will work better for me. I transcribed some of my great-grandfather’s diaries many years ago–long before common use of the Internet, the Cloud, the thumbdrive, etc. In other words, I will send you copies, but you’re on your own to input them on your site.
Btw, the diarist’s name was Joseph Bertrand NORRIS. You referred to him as Joseph Bertrand (which I may have done in references to him, to distinguish him from other Norris family members. He actually went by J.Bertrand Norris.
I’m still not sure what kind of information you hope to get from me. Apparently my ggf began his series of diaries in 1861. His last known diary was from 1882. I inherited 13 of the diaries (not sequential), and must assume the rest are lost for all time. My ancestor was not a soldier in the Civil War. My father told me that JBN was burned as a baby. He had been wearing black stockings and the fire somehow fused the leg, stocking, foot–I dunno. All I know is that Dad said he remembered his grandfather as having lasting effects from the burn. The injury may have kept him out of the war, but it did not prevent him from walking great distances nor from other physical labor. He became a school teacher–a job very different from today’s educators! His diaries are full of names from the area (and his own family), as well as occasional references to the War and his daily struggles and observations.
Lon,
http://cohs.org/cgi-bin/cohs_search.pl
go to text search, enter key words like rush, Williams creek, coalton. there are some interesting pictures and documents from the area. you can order the documents but the pictures will be available on the website.
Tim,
Thanks for the tip.
Over the past few years I have personally spent hours and hours on the C&O Historical Society’s website. I have ordered many prints from them in addition to other data. I have a personal collection of their images from Coalton, Rush, Grant, Kilgore, the tunnels, etc.
One issue. Their images are copyrighted. Even if you have purchased their images they cannot be displayed without permission. They are very protective of their images, and rightfully so.
I hope to get to Clifton Forge in the near future to do some needed research at their facility.
Enjoy! Lon