. Doris, do I know you? I graduated in 71 from JACHS. So, I guess Im just arguing it is in the wrong state I lived through that strike, my dad was in charge of security for Eastover, so I guess that made him the head gun thug to many. Two of my best friends were Steve Farley and Jamie Helton. We mine coal and have for over 100 years. My friends still tell me you can take the girl out of Eastern Kentucky, but you cant take the Eastern Kentucky out of the girl. Harlan County, Kentucky: Basil Collins miner foreman and leader/manager of the scabs confronts picketers with a 45 in his right pocket. U take car cuz. View most recent obituaries published on the Web by funeral homes for province of Nova Scotia. Look at my blog post Adventures in Hitchhiking, and youll see a story about JImmy picking me up hitchhiking one night. You shouldve had to breath half a can of hairspray in the morning after he got out of the bathroom. The good ones liked my Dad if not, oh well. I live in Nashville now, it seems like everyone here know someone from Harlan. We used to sprinkle sugar over the cheese, before grilling them! Our Story; Our Locations; Our Calendar; Contact Us; Directions; Send Flowers; Call: Evarts 606-837-2119 Harlan 606-573-3030 Loyall 606-573-2132 Tri City 606-848-5455; He died in 1978, I dont remember the year Basil died, but early 1980s is right. He was a sort of silent partner of mine from 1974. Someone told me that the best way to commit suicide was to stand around in Smith and act like youre counting money! We have corresponded back and forth for several years about our Leonard connections. So so sad to see that head of the Holler non existent now, all overgrown. I once met a police officer who worked in the State Police in Harlan, he visibly tensed when I said I was from Harlan, went ashen when I said I was from Smith, and excused himself when I said I was a Middleton. Im from Loyall. It is not, as you might think, simply the eastern half of the great Commonwealth of Kentucky. The people certainly are of Eastern Kentucky stripe, but they do lack isolation. He was from Leslie, she from Perry. 10 Grandchildren and . Go help someone else. Rest assured that no one in my family considers me a disgrace or embarrassment, but your concern is noted. Stumbled across your post. Thanks again for the trip back to the Harlan of my youth! I couldnt quit reading it. I have never been to a Harlan County Bears football game, but I have been told that the team enters the field to Brad Paisleys You will never leave Harlan alive song. It was quiet then. Its still pretty much the same. I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN HARLAN,CO. Salinas - Longtime Salinas resident Basil Eugene Mills passed away peacefully on January 14, 2022, at the age of 91. My Grandfather/Grandmother was Floyd/Janie Clark. But my Harlan upbringing gave me my core values. Both our families are made up of longtime coal miners and school teachers. The folks in Brookside were surely Harlan Countians as was the chief gun "thug," Basil Collins. Robertson County is the toughest to exclude. That is perhaps because I hail from off the grid (Smith). I had to laugh at your reference to government cheese. It really was good stuff! But they dont always leave. Always. 3. Oh, and that knife fight deal down there: I saw a big one at Hall once, in the yard in front of the school crazy watching the teachers try to break that one up. However, I always tell my two teenagers that some of the smartest people they will ever meet come from the mountains of Kentucky and may have never finished high school! One of the greatest victories won by the efforts of the wives is the arrest of Basil Collins, the de facto leader of the "scabs", workers who are hired by the company to provide labor in the event of the strike. We drive Chryslers, BMWs, Honda Van, Subaru sports car, Chevy pick-up, Harleys, Hondas, Yamaha V-stars-4-wheelers. Even though they know whats best for Harlan, we dont really like them. She was a great homemaker and was full of wit, wisdom and love. Their leader is Basil Collins, a gun-toting villain who would be a cliche out of Evil Redneck central casting if he hadn't been real. I was born and raised in Floyd County,I always heard my family came out of Harlan or Harlan County over a hundred years ago.I dont know if there are any STAPLETON family in Harlan anymore,I am proud to be from the HILLS OF KENTUCKY !! That is where my husband grew up. Basil Collins Harlan County Obituary, Exchange office contact details: Contact Point: Mrs . I am an outlander from Bell County and so enjoyed reading this! Hey, I actually remember the Cliff Hanger (by reputation only), but it was not for my younger crowd. John The government cheese, however, is real. myname isronnie saylor i lived in fairview hollow i was 11 years old,went to haran grade school i remenber my gym treacher they call him doc , he would paddle you for saying the word shit ,does anyone remenber that .i will never forget the family that live accross from us the kids name was buck and peggy thomas,peggy was my frist she was beauitful to,the boys lived next to me , i remender one of thems name phiplip,i still got a scarefrom where he hit me with a rock.we used to take car hoods cut them off and float down rivier on them.my dad work out of town in ohio,my mommy would slip around with a taxi driver,she drink alot ,we move to wallins after that , thats where i never went to school,started working in coal mines at 16 years old dad sign so i could work under ground.we lived in wallins for a little while then move to molus ky thats where my dad was risedthey were about all kin florks back then they all live in camp houses granmam and jack brock lived next to each other they were family to, i remenber my brother got lock in a rc cola mach out on granmam poach. Ive never known anyone who didnt wear shoesand I knew some pretty rough characters. Honestly, I laughed out loud, because it was so venomous. 2022-11-11T17:09:58Z. My brother and I thought we had died and gone to Heaven. Great story and oh so true, every word of it. Funny thing is, thats what my kids do, even though they live in a small city with a million things to do. Loyallhad a school, a railroad yard, one stop light, a movie theater (at one time), the Corner Store (a genuinesoda shop), a gas station, a barber and a couple of stores. I used to try and derail the presumptions, now I just embrace them. They were pretty quick to tell you that they were from Harlan. They are my parents. I got cussed up and down over it! The truth, of course, probably lies somewhere in the middle. It is good to hear from you and I hope to hear from you again. All my mothers family is from Harlan (Baxter, Big Laurel, Loyall) and my heart is there. I am simultaneously entertained and offended. ha! I have a 94 year old aunt who still lives there. Justified portrays Harlan as a lawless frontier of wanton violence. Harlan has always been divided into pro- and anti-union. Harlan graduated from Readstown High School in 1949. My Dad used to talk about when they distributed commodity margarine. FR. It was gray and you had to add the coloring to it. The wrong side of the tracks to the town school crowd of the 1960s. Bell county baby.We got the mountains here too. Spent many an evening in Tiny Joes!!!!!!! I JUST RAN ACROSS YOUR CONVERSATION AND THOUGHT I WOULD COMMENT ON HARLAN KY. Nominally a documentary about the 1973 strike by Kentucky mineworkers, the 1976 Oscar-winning Harlan County U.S.A. observes the evolution of a movement, made urgent . So, I speak of how it was 30 years ago. Coal Mining. Thanks for the kind words. Right now, its in a big down turn. Pat your name seems familiar. I dont remember Chappells slogan, but I do remember: Thats what I saidBunny Bread! I also remember the 1st grade field trip to Chappells, Bunny Bread and Harlan Ice. If you need to go someplace that can be accessed through Harlan County, I guarantee that theres an easier, quicker way to get there. Im sorry my great-grandchildren dont have such memories. Delivered babies at ARH back in 87 while doing my Family Practice residency at UK. Maybe they were hoping to see (or experience) some kind of catastrophe. They often do not contain the death . His name was Arthur Johnson, he was from Cumberland, but lived at Kathy believed in the Pentecostal Faith and loved the Lord. Others leave to find better opportunities. Knew a few Edsels which I never met outside Harlan! John I have been gone from Harlan now for 40 years, One thing I will say is you are accurate in your writings of Harlan. I have all the respect in the world for the good people in Harlan county its rough with mines getting shut down and people loosing what they know best and thats coal Im sorry it rough that is a reason I moved but keep strong everyone in Harlan has a big heart and I promise they are some the best people u ever meet in ur life. When she made this movie, Kopple was one of the bravest filmmakers working. Just curious, if you struggled with the inclusion of Whitley county..what was your rationale for the inclusion of mccreary county? I love being from there. I live in Northern KY now but all my family still resides in Harlan so I visit a lot. But my roots are still strong an a country girl. Although we certainly werent poor, Government Cheese is excellent, and my Dad would get us a block whenever he could. I graduated in 1964. Glover Allan (Al) Amherst, NS. =). I still get over through there for work sometimes. How do we know they dont live in a ghetto. Rich Montjoy, I am replying to your post because you didnt say anything bad about Harlan, (Harlan County), Ky. My Uncle Ralph Leonard was Pastor at the Baxter Methodist Church before it was moved. http://www.kentuckytourism.com/places_to_stay/holiday-inn-express/73/ just saying. Gillis Heather Elaine. He died in a house fire a few years ago. Much later in life we got married and we were on vacation going south to visit her sister who lived back home. It tends to work to my advantage. Well, I have rambled enough. Of course, theres a downside. Sadly, they didnt seem to be doing well. Dad was a good friend of Norman Yarboroughs. We had a wonderful daughter and divorced when she was nine. About 1,000 people lived there when I was a kid. Much of the information presented here is recapitulated in the commentary, but it is interesting to see how over three decades of age have affected some of the film's participants. There are people who will pretend to be from Harlan or any place else in Eastern Kentucky. I REMEMBER govt. Harlan County U.S.A. And we DID bathe just like people from up north. She agreed. I USE TO WORK IN THE COAL MINE AT THREE POINT, CRANKS AND HARLAN. Who are the Harlan Countians? Her husband had been killed during the war. Thanks for reminding me of a great memory of my mother! . Ann was born to the late Shady and Alkie Saylor Fugate of Molus, KY on February 22, 1943. Used to go to Cumblin every Fride and satdy nite. I left here when i was 15 came back in my late 20s. January 7, 2009 Harlan R. Collins, 89, of Fulton, died Wednesday at his home following a long illness. Doc Gray? I just cant get enough of the haters. I saw a little of all of it. My Mom moved to Cumberland from Pike County when she was 10. Therefore, the kids of this county today only have to step out theyre door and into a pool. Elliott County is an exception becausewellyou just have to visit there to see. Some are like me. It reeked of Pine Sol. My people have been there for over 200 years, since before it was Harlan. I bet I heard them talking about you. Im surprised I didnt end up with some kind of lung disease. why dont u come back?i know why ,because it is to political and if your not a doctor or a lawyer or have plenty of money ,you aint shit yeah the mountains are nice and this is a beautiful place, but if you aint in the click you aint shit and thats the way it really is you just like the bloody harlan shit and it makes you look BADASS to tell people your from here .your a joke dude and quit livin off a place that you evidentally really no nothin about ..post this DUMBASS . I was raised in Wallins Creek and Cumberland by my Mamaw as a child. My name is Julie Crowder-Ward. Id hate to have to kill you. Oh, you might go to Garys Lounge and Roller Rink sometimes. Brought back some memories. They had two fabulous sons who have college education with degrees in medical field and other fields. Jan had so many stories about the hospital. We have live all over Eastern Ky, moved south to the Carolinas, then back to eastern Ky for a couple years. My grandfather worked in the Sunshine mines in the 20s and 30s. I graduated in 80. Mostly, we didnt do much, because there wasnt much to do. Kentucky Death Records 1911-2000 over 2 million records. We wore machine guns with semiautomatic carbines. Glad that youre happy in whatever metro area you moved to. We knew who it was, because he told my mom about the encounter, but he was quietly scary, like a lot of the men from his era. Thanks again for the good read. If youre spending the night in Harlan, you probably have family there anyway. We are our own world. I know that area, well, too. Nothing will get a hard-working coal miner or school teacher fired up like a discussion about those drawing a check. Thats how it was when I was a kid, and it hasnt changed. My maternal grandparents grew up in Black Star coal camp and Papaw taught at Hall High. They are either Harlan by birth or moved there at a young age. Before Justified, many people got their image of Harlan from the award-winning documentary Harlan County USAwhich followed the Eastover coal mine strike at Brookside, Kentucky. BTW I live on Watts Creek and have most of my life..off and on. I was born and raised in the suburbs of Detroit but my parents were from Harlan County, my dad born in Holmes Mill growing up in Highsplint, my mother born and raised in Black Mountain eventually leaving and lived in Corbin. Harlan County USAdivides us into two groups: Those that love it and those that hate it. I dont get back as often as Id like but always thoroughly enjoy coming back to visit. No one should have to make a livin working between 2 rocks. In fairness, many went to both joints. He was retired from the Harlan Co. Board of Education with 35 years of service in the maintenance department. In reference to going swimming in the river and the city pool, we did that too. The original Mount Aire Motel was on Pine Mountain, and it burned down in the 70s. ENJOYED YOUR ARTICLE, WOULDNT TRADE THE PLACE I GREW UP FOR ANY PLACE IN THE WORLD . Sudie Crusenberry talks about her father's work as a miner and his suffering from black lung. It was an old theater whose best days had long past. LO Jeff Otis C. Elster Ray Ulysses Sam Benton Tilmon Floyd H. Arthur F. Charles J. I owned a genteel little social club called THE CLIFFHANGER up on pine mountain, and had some of the finest folks i ever knew as customers, although mostly they considered the Garys crowd a little on the gentler side. Russell was a coal miner for 18 years.Mr. If you ever lived in Harlan you have been gone so long you dont know what the hell is going on. My cousin posted the link on Facebook and I have not been able to move till finishing the read. Hes married married to one of my first cousins for many years. My brother actually had a knife pulled on him at Cawood. The field is backdropped by some beautiful mountains, right at Tunnel Hill. We liked him! If you read it carefully, youll note that I said I havent lived there in 30+ years. Were also the last of a breedand this applies to all of Appalachia. producer Cinematography by Film Editing by Production Management Second Unit Director or Assistant Director Anne Lewis . SOMEONE MENTIONED SMITH. My grandfather was from Island Creek, and my grandmother was from Harold. Howard and Lucille Leonard are my grandparents. We still miss it! She was stationed in Newport News, Virginia when the war ended. Thats righttheyll pretend. We only periodically had a movie theater, the fabulous Margie Grand in Harlan. Still have a few family members there and many friends. Different, but nice. Enjoyed the article. As usual John you nailed it!! Youd be surprised how many of us moved here from other places (quite a few from other countries), were welcomed as friends, made our homes here and raised our families here. I was born and raised in Sunshine. I never got a straight story from my parents and possibly they didnt know why or what happened. She always bought some, even though she was never sure if doing so was legal. Loyallalso had a theaterthe Roadenuntil I was about 6 years old. I love the fact she loves a mountain boy, just like her Momma did:) This is a great article!! I have got too much time and information invested in my research to keep up with to just ignore my research. One of the great things about Harlan is that changes very little. Foster Funeral . I dont believe Ive ever been called a mooron before. Crackin me up. My first trial was in Elliott County. Age 82. For you truly arent a Harlanian, to show such disrespect. It definitely has an Eastern Kentucky feel to it, but its out. Kathy Ann Duncan, age 62 of Cumberland, Kentucky, passed away Thursday, February 9th, 2023, at the Harlan Appalachian Regional Hospital. NOTE TO SELF: Dont move to Ages,Ky,Home of Brookside Mine, during a strike. I lived in Cumberland for 2 years from ~ 1974-1976. I know you as a Harlan Countain and also as a fine person. LOL! Users who like (A Previously Patreon Episode): Harlan County USA; Users who reposted (A Previously Patreon Episode): Harlan County USA March 23, 1977. She was one of my favorite. Maybe its the camo/orange. Crew. I still call Harlan home, and as our family decreases, we return to our home to rest in Resthaven until we are all reunited in the hereafter. To add to my previous comment above, my other Grandfather was Elijah Depew (nicknamed Lidge? We lived the last house in the head of the holler with my poppy and granny our only neighbors. I grew up in Sunshine too. 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