By 1871 the coal mining operations of the Lexington and Big Sandy Railroad – Eastern Division, which had commenced in about 1865 ACI, p23 at Coalton KY, had expanded to the nearby Kilgore area of Rush KY. In 1880 the Lexington
Seed Brainard’s Grave At Shanty Branch
Several years ago I learned of a lone grave somewhere in the hollow called Shanty Branch. Shanty Branch hollow is just off Williams Creek and KY SR 1654 in eastern Carter County KY. The historic coal mining community of Grant