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Ghost Railroads of Kentucky

Author : Elmer Griffith Sulzer
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780253334848
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (348 download)

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Download or read book Ghost Railroads of Kentucky written by Elmer Griffith Sulzer and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ghost Railroads of Kentucky (first published in 1967) and its two sister volumes, Ghost Railroads of Indiana (1970) and Ghost Railroads of Tennessee (1975), provide the authoritative account of the abandoned lines in the railroad heartland east of the Mississippi. No mere compilation of dry statistics on track closings and running schedules (though they are here too!), this book is full of the life and vigor of Kentucky's economic arteries. Professor Sulzer, a consummate storyteller, recounts the human drama surrounding these ghost lines. Even poor Alex Richardson, shamefully lynched on the new railroad bridge over the Kentucky River at West Irvine, has his sad story told.

Abandoned Railroad Corridors in Kentucky

Author : Lisa Rainey Brownell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Abandoned Railroad Corridors in Kentucky written by Lisa Rainey Brownell and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Railroads of Kentucky During the 1940s & 1950s

Author : Charles H. Bogart
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1387972006
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (879 download)

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Book Synopsis The Railroads of Kentucky During the 1940s & 1950s by : Charles H. Bogart

Download or read book The Railroads of Kentucky During the 1940s & 1950s written by Charles H. Bogart and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-07-24 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kentucky claims to be the birthplace of railroading west of the Appalachian Mountains. In 1832, the Lexington & Ohio Railroad (L&O) began to build track from Lexington to Louisville. Unfortunately the L&O got no further than Frankfort on the Kentucky River when it ran out of money. Railroad construction in Kentucky would stagnate until the 1850s when four companies started to build track, three were north-south and one east-west. An amalgamation of railroads using the name Kentucky Central would push south from Covington opposite Cincinnati OH, toward Chattanooga TN, but stalled at Nicholasville due to the Civil War. The Louisville & Nashville Railroad (L&N) would build southward from Louisville for Nashville TN, and Memphis TN, reaching both cities as the Civil War started. The Mobile & Ohio Railroad (M&O) during the same period completed a railroad from Mobile AL, to Columbus KY, on the Mississippi River. The east-west track reached from Louisville eastward to a junction at Frankfort KY.

Ghosts across Kentucky

Author : William Lynwood Montell
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813137888
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)

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Download or read book Ghosts across Kentucky written by William Lynwood Montell and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2000-08-24 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Lynwood Montell has collected ghost tales all over the state of Kentucky, from coal mining settlements to river landings, from highways to battlefields. He presents these suspense-filled stories just as he first heard or read them: as bona fide personal experiences or as events witnessed by family members or friends. There are over 250 stories in Ghosts across Kentucky that are set in specific places and times. They include tales of graveyards, haunted dormitories, animal ghosts, and vanishing hitchhikers. Montell describes weird lights, unexplained sounds, felt presences, and disappearing apparitions. Phantom workmen, fallen soldiers, young lovers, and executed criminals appear in these pages, along with the living who chance upon them. Though the focus is on the stories themselves, Montell also includes a chapter explaining our fascination with the supernatural and the deep truths these storytelling traditions reveal about our lives and our pasts.William Lynwood Montell, emeritus professor of folk studies at Western Kentucky University, is the author of several books, including Killings."

Eastern Kentucky Railway

Author : Terry L. Baldridge
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738552767
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (527 download)

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Download or read book Eastern Kentucky Railway written by Terry L. Baldridge and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1865, as the Civil War was drawing to a close, plans were underway in Boston for a railroad construction project to begin in Greenup County, Kentucky. Eventually the Eastern Kentucky Railway Company would extend its main track through two more counties, Carter and Lawrence. Spanning just 36 miles of main track from Riverton to Webbville, the Eastern Kentucky Railway became a lifeline for the economic and social activities of the people of northeastern Kentucky. Even though the original plan of extending the railway much farther south and bridging the Ohio River to the north never came about, the railway struggled along for more than 65 years. Many people who grew up along the line passed their experiences to younger generations; some, like Jesse Stuart, wrote about them. This volume will show life along the rail line that lent its name to the highways now running its route.

Tales of Kentucky Ghosts

Author : William Montell
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813125936
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)

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Download or read book Tales of Kentucky Ghosts written by William Montell and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2010-10-01 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vernon and Irene Castle popularized ragtime dancing in the years just before World War I and made dancing a respectable pastime in America. The whisper-thin, elegant Castles were trendsetters in many ways: they traveled with a black orchestra, had an openly lesbian manager, and were animal-rights advocates decades before it became a public issue. Irene was also a fashion innovator, bobbing her hair ten years before the flapper look of the 1920s became popular. From their marriage in 1911 until 1916, the Castles were the most famous and influential dance team in the world. Their dancing schools and nightclubs were packed with society figures and white-collar workers alike. After their peak of white-hot fame, Vernon enlisted in the Royal Canadian Flying Corps, served at the front lines, and was killed in a 1918 airplane crash. Irene became a movie star and appeared in more than a dozen films between 1917 and 1922. The Castles were depicted in the Fred Astaire–Ginger Rogers movie The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939), but the film omitted most of the interesting and controversial aspects of their lives. They were more complex than posterity would have it: Vernon was charming but irresponsible, Irene was strong-minded but self-centered, and the couple had filed for divorce before Vernon’s death (information that has never before been made public). Vernon and Irene Castle’s Ragtime Revolution is the fascinating story of a couple who reinvented dance and its place in twentieth-century culture.

Report of the Railroad Commission of Kentucky

Author : Railroad Commission of Kentucky
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book Report of the Railroad Commission of Kentucky written by Railroad Commission of Kentucky and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Kentucky Ghosts

Author : William Lynwood Montell
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813146232
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)

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Download or read book Kentucky Ghosts written by William Lynwood Montell and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2013-12-06 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Retelling of ghost tales of Kentucky, including details of architecture, geography and local culture.

The L&N Railroad In Kentucky As Seen through Postcards

Author : Charles H. Bogart
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 138772780X
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (877 download)

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Download or read book The L&N Railroad In Kentucky As Seen through Postcards written by Charles H. Bogart and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-04-15 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Louisville & Nashville Railroad (L&N) was incorporated in 1850 to build a rail line from Louisville, Kentucky, south to Nashville, Tennessee. The railroad was completed in 1861 just in time for the Civil War. L&N, unlike most southern lines, thanks to providing transportation for the Federal Army during the Civil War, survived the war with money available for expansion. Thus L&N acquired a number of southern railroads that would provide the L&N with track extending south from Louisville to Pensacola, Florida; Mobile, Alabama; and New Orleans, Louisiana. L&N's Kentucky track was served by fifteen yards: Madisonville, Owensboro (Doyle), Bowling Green, Skilman, Louisville (Strawberry), Latonia, DeCoursey, Paris, Lexington, Winchester (Patio), Corbin, Ravenna, Hazard (Crawford), Loyall, and Harlan. Within the following pages we will journey over the L&N in Kentucky via postcards, but our journey routes will not always follow direct L&N train routing.

Haunted Houses and Family Ghosts of Kentucky

Author : William Lynwood Montell
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813170893
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)

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Download or read book Haunted Houses and Family Ghosts of Kentucky written by William Lynwood Montell and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2001-09-21 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kentucky has a rich legacy of ghostly visitations. Lynwood Montell has harvested dozens of tales of haunted houses and family ghosts from all over the Bluegrass state. Many of the stories were collected from elders by young people and are recounted exactly as they were gathered. Haunted Houses and Family Ghosts of Kentucky includes chilling tales such as that of the Tan Man of Pike County, who trudges invisibly through a house accompanied by the smell of roses, and the famed Gray Lady of Liberty Hall in Frankfort, a houseguest who never left. Montell tells the story of a stormy night, shortly before Henry Clay's death, when the ghost of the statesman's old friend Daniel Boone calls upon him, and then recounts the more modern story of the ghouls that haunt the rehearsal house of the band The Kentucky Headhunters. Included are accounts of haunted libraries, mansions, bedrooms, log cabins, bathrooms, college campuses, apartments, furniture, hotels, and distilleries, as well as reports of eerie visitations from ghostly grandmothers, husbands, daughters, uncles, cousins, babies, slaves, Civil War soldiers, dogs, sheep, and even wildcats. Almost all of Kentucky's 120 counties are represented. Though the book emphasizes the stories themselves, Montell offers an introduction discussing how local history, local character, and local flavor are communicated across the generations in these colorful stories.

Ghost Railroads of Indiana

Author : Elmer Griffith Sulzer
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780253334831
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (348 download)

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Download or read book Ghost Railroads of Indiana written by Elmer Griffith Sulzer and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Details the history of railroad closings and their impact on the railroad traffic running from the industrial North and East to the agricultural South and West.

An Overview of the Kentucky Railroad System

Author : Consad Research Corporation
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (858 download)

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Download or read book An Overview of the Kentucky Railroad System written by Consad Research Corporation and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Biennial Report

Author : Railroad Commission of Kentucky
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 508 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book Biennial Report written by Railroad Commission of Kentucky and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Report of the Railroad Commission of Kentucky

Author : Railroad Commission of Kentucky
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 12 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book Report of the Railroad Commission of Kentucky written by Railroad Commission of Kentucky and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Haunted Kentucky

Author : Alan Brown
Publisher : Stackpole Books
ISBN 13 : 0811743071
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (117 download)

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Download or read book Haunted Kentucky written by Alan Brown and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2009-06-10 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kentucky's beauty is offset by a violent past of Indian wars, Civil War battles, and the tragic spirits from these conflicts.

The Whiskey Route - The Frankfort & Cincinnati Railroad - Frankfort, Kentucky

Author : Charles H. Bogart
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1387824171
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (878 download)

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Download or read book The Whiskey Route - The Frankfort & Cincinnati Railroad - Frankfort, Kentucky written by Charles H. Bogart and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-09-27 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Frankfort & Cincinnati Railroad was a standard gauge, shortline that operated in Kentucky between Frankfort and Paris, by way of Stamping Ground and Georgetown. The line connected with the Louisville & Nashville Railroad at Frankfort and Paris and the Cincinnati Southern Railway at Georgetown. The line operated 40 miles of track. The line was called The Whiskey Route after the number of distilleries located along its right of way.

Haunted Holidays

Author : Roberta Simpson Brown
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813165709
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)

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Download or read book Haunted Holidays written by Roberta Simpson Brown and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2015-09-07 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With its tales of benevolent and malicious specters, terrifying monsters, and unexplained phenomena, Halloween is the holiday most people associate with spooky stories. But do spirits remain hidden the rest of the year? In the rich storytelling customs of the commonwealth, the supernatural world is also connected with holidays such as Thanksgiving, Christmas, Valentine's Day, and Memorial Day. In Haunted Holidays, celebrated storytellers Roberta Simpson Brown and Lonnie E. Brown have assembled a hair-raising collection of paranormal tales for readers of all ages. The stories present many new and spooky characters, including the deceased great aunt who still rocks in her favorite chair on Mother's Day, the young boy who made good on his promise to return a silver dollar on the Fourth of July, and even the ghost who hated Labor Day. In addition to tales of haunting, the Browns reveal many Appalachian legends and their importance to the storytelling tradition, such as the phantom bells who guide the dead to the other side, and a "chime child" born when the clock strikes midnight on Christmas Day, who is rumored to be blessed with the gift of second sight. More than a collection of ghost stories or family legends, Haunted Holidays takes readers on a fireside journey that preserves and promotes oral traditions, revealing the importance of sharing beliefs, traditions, and values with a new generation of listeners.