A few years back my friend Raymond Whitley (1930 – 2013) kindly indulged me with his delightful company. We spent several hours running around to numerous locations on or near Rush Creek. Raymond knew that I had a focused interest
Jet Crash at the Head of Rush, KY – 14 June 1954
At 11:50 AM on Monday 14th June 1954, a 31 year old Air Force pilot named Major Austin A Julian Jr (1922 – 2013) took off from Knoxville, TN headed for Columbus, OH in a US Air Force F-86E Sabre
Visit to Site of 1954 USAF Fighter Jet Crash at Head of Rush, KY
On 14 June 1954 a US Air Force F-86E Sabre Fighter Jet crashed in a hollow called Hickory Log just off James Road at the head of Rush. On Tuesday 22 March 2016 I visited the site of that jet
Sharon Sue Stewart’s Baby Book
My family moved a lot when I was a kid, but we finally settled into a place on KY SR5 at Princess, KY in 1963 when in was in the 5th grade. I lived there until I moved away in
Death Of Lillian Flossie Deerfield Sexton, Age 16
At the end of February, 2017 I visited my second cousin Jo Ann Deerfield McGranahan. Jo Ann and I share one set of Great Grandparents, John and Hanna Smart Coleman. I had not talked at length with Jo Ann for
Star 60 and the Old Brickyard Engine – A Love Story
In the fall of 1956 a small company owned by John Crace from Brady Creek in Scioto County, OH submitted the low bid, to salvage for scrap, a large industrial engine at the Big Run Coal and Clay Company Brickyard
The 1861 Diary of J Bertrand Norris at Star Furnace, KY
Gathering information so one can understand the past in a personal manner is difficult. It is especially difficult for rural areas that do not have a newspaper dedicated exclusively for that specific region or community. The communities of the Williams
Star Furnace Visit – Summer 2015
I visited the ruins of the Star Furnace on June 28, 2015 and interviewed the current owners of the land, Greg and Phyllis Brainard Bush. This article details that visit. The Star Furnace produced iron from locally mined iron ore,
1860 – Colliers – Making Charcoal in the Williams Creek Basin
How were many families earning a living in 1860 in the Williams Creek Basin (abbreviated WCB)? In 1860, just before the Civil War, there were only two relatively small population centers in the WCB. One was at Buena Vista Furnace
The AC&I Mine Ledger for Coalton, KY (1888 – 1889)
For attracting residents to the Williams Creek Basin (abbreviated WCB), the population boom from underground drift mining for coal within the WCB is likely unequaled. The large industrial scale coal mining operation that commenced at Coalton around 1865, instigated by