History and Museums
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Latest News
The process is underway to designate southern and eastern Kentucky as the Kentucky Wildlands National Heritage Area. The Secretary of the Interior is undertaking The Kentucky Wildlands National Heritage Area Feasibility Study to determine whether the region meets the requirements to become Kentucky’s first National Heritage Area.
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Resources
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@astctour Twitter List on History and Museums
Our YouTube Playlist on History and Museums
recreation.gov: use the map to zoom into our region
Check out the National Parks page for more history
Region
Lonesome Pine Trails (History)
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Exhibition Coal Mine (Beckley)
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West Virginia Mine Wars Museum (Matewan) CRDRT
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Matewan Depot Replica Museum (CRDRT)
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50th Anniversy of The Buffalo Creek Disaster
"Early on the morning of February 26, 1972, a coal slurry impoundment on Buffalo Creek collapsed, sending millions of gallons of wastewater rushing into the valley below."
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Legends and Lore
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Pine Mountain Settlement School Archives (Harlan County)
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Harlan County (Historical Cultural)
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Kentucky Coal Museum (Harlan County) CRDRT
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Portal 31 Coal Mine and Tour (Harlan)
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Letcher County CRDRT
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Hatfields and McCoys Feud Self-Guided Tour (Pike County) CRDRT
More information on the history
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Presbyterian Church Log Cathedral (Perry County)
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Battle of Leatherwood Civil War (Perry County). 3 day event in Oct.
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Barthell Coal Mining Camp Tours (Sterns)
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Big South Fork Scenic Railway (Sterns. Takes you to the Barthell Coal Mining Camp)
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Godbey Appalachian Cultural & Fine Arts Center
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Western North Carolina Historical Association
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First Tennessee Development District
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Virginia Department of Historic Resources
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Southwest Virginia Museum State Park. Big Stone Gap
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Harry W. Meador Coal Museum. Big Stone Gap
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Daniel Boone Wilderness Trail Interpretive Center. Duffield.
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Appalachian African-American Cultural Center (Pennington Gap) CRDRT
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The Lee County Story CRDRT
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Ralph Stanley Museum (Dickenson County) CRDRT
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Doctor Phipps Family Museum. Medical Doctor. (Dickenson County) CRDRT
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The Frontier Culture Museum (Staunton)
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