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Appalachian Years

These are a collection of photos taken when living in the Appalachian Mountains of Eastern Kentucky during the years of 1982-1984 where I was the Pastor of 4 churches and working on my D.Min degree. Photos were fading terribly so I retook them with my D810 and tried to correct and bring back some of the colors to try and preserve these before it was too late. Check the comments of each photo for info about that photo.
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  • Hazard SDA Church

    Hazard SDA Church

    Hazard SDA Church, membership 13, up on side of hill overlooking the town of Hazard, KY. Taken during winter (you can see patches of snow). During Spring and Summer there is Kudzu growing all around and has to be continually cut back. Kudzu will grow up to 13" a day.

  • Hazard, KY

    Hazard, KY

    The town of Hazard, KY, Population at this time, 4500.

  • Main Street, Hazard, KY

    Main Street, Hazard, KY

    Main Street looking North

  • Main Street, Hazard, KY

    Main Street, Hazard, KY

    Main Street, looking South

  • North Fork of KY River, Hazard, KY

    North Fork of KY River, Hazard, KY

    Looking across the river to Hazard. Notice the Chevron Station across the street. Inside they have photos on their walls of times when the river would flood the town and come up as high as almost to the top of their roof. Floods were common in Hazard.

  • Footbridge, Hazard, KY

    Footbridge, Hazard, KY

    This footbridge that went over the river to the rail yards on the other side.

  • Footbridge from Rail Yards

    Footbridge from Rail Yards

    same footbridge as previous photo but looking back at the town of Hazard. Sister-in-law, Sheila Sharp Craft in photo.

  • North Fork KY River.

    North Fork KY River.

    shot of the river that flows by the town of Hazard. Photo shot from the footbridge.

  • Rail Yards, Hazard, KY

    Rail Yards, Hazard, KY

    Looking down at the Rail Yards from the location of the Hazard SDA Church.

  • Rail Yards, Hazard, KY

    Rail Yards, Hazard, KY

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  • Rail Yards, Hazard, KY

    Rail Yards, Hazard, KY

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  • Vicco, KY

    Vicco, KY

    Next town down from Hazard. Vicco, KY. Population approx 500 at this time. Vicco is where the famous Jean Ritchie came from. Famous Appalachian Folk Musician.

  • "Perry County Zoo"

    "Perry County Zoo"

    This was a well known site along side the road past Hazard. We used to jokingly call it the Perry County Zoo.

  • Lotts Creek Home

    Lotts Creek Home

    This was our Lotts Creek Home at 10 am.

  • Lotts Creek Home

    Lotts Creek Home

    This was what it looked like at our home 2 hours later (noon). We got the mist/fog almost every day during most of the year.

  • Lotts Creek Home

    Lotts Creek Home

    The little area where our home resided. House behind the trees to the right was our neighbors, the Gayhearts. The house we lived in is where he grew up and was his parents home.

  • Lotts Creek Home

    Lotts Creek Home

    Looking from our front porch up at the road and at the house across the street.

  • Lotts Creek Home

    Lotts Creek Home

    Looking up the street from our house toward the Hazard direction. Our house was 7 miles outside of Hazard.

  • Lotts Creek Home

    Lotts Creek Home

    Looking the other direction down our street toward the direction of the strip mine and back way to Whitesburg and other places I used to travel to.

  • Lotts Creek area

    Lotts Creek area

    Along the back road past our house

  • Lotts Creek Area

    Lotts Creek Area

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  • Lotts Creek area

    Lotts Creek area

    The back road I used to travel

  • Back Road Scenery

    Back Road Scenery

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  • Strip Mine Entrance

    Strip Mine Entrance

    This was the entrance to the strip mine down the road from our home that I used to go by when traveling the back road

  • Back Road Scenery

    Back Road Scenery

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