The Kentucky Mountains, Transportation and Commerce, 1750 to 1911: A Study in the Economic History of a Coal Field, Volume 1J.P. Morton & Company (incorporated) printers to the Filson Club, 1911 - Appalachian Region - 208 pages |
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... tion inaccessible to the casual observer or student . The second part relates chiefly to mountain roads , with cita- tions of the legislative enactments looking to their con- struction , and from which the reader will learn with ...
... tion inaccessible to the casual observer or student . The second part relates chiefly to mountain roads , with cita- tions of the legislative enactments looking to their con- struction , and from which the reader will learn with ...
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... tion ranks second in fertility . ( d ) The Western coal field . To the north and west of the plateau and terminating along The figures , except for the coal fields , are rough computations from the geological maps published by the State ...
... tion ranks second in fertility . ( d ) The Western coal field . To the north and west of the plateau and terminating along The figures , except for the coal fields , are rough computations from the geological maps published by the State ...
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... tion thirty - five miles to the neighborhood of Cranks Gap , where it leaves Kentucky and continues as Stone Mountain to Guest River in Virginia . The general elevation varies from 2,500 feet ( Pinnacle ) to 3,451 feet ( White Rock ) ...
... tion thirty - five miles to the neighborhood of Cranks Gap , where it leaves Kentucky and continues as Stone Mountain to Guest River in Virginia . The general elevation varies from 2,500 feet ( Pinnacle ) to 3,451 feet ( White Rock ) ...
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... tion is 1,000-2,000 feet . Below Yellow Creek these ridges are known as the Log Mountains , and above as the Little and Big Black mountains.15 West of Pine Mountain the ridges , like those of the Black Mountain region , extend ...
... tion is 1,000-2,000 feet . Below Yellow Creek these ridges are known as the Log Mountains , and above as the Little and Big Black mountains.15 West of Pine Mountain the ridges , like those of the Black Mountain region , extend ...
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... tion had begun at the headwaters of the rivers , and by 1880 an advance both up and down stream had left but a small section , at extreme headwaters , with a density of six to eighteen inhabitants , the general average being eighteen to ...
... tion had begun at the headwaters of the rivers , and by 1880 an advance both up and down stream had left but a small section , at extreme headwaters , with a density of six to eighteen inhabitants , the general average being eighteen to ...
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