| Hazard, Perry County Contributor(s): Hall Quigley, Martha (Author) |
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ISBN: 0738505757 ISBN-13: 9780738505756 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2000 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) - Travel | Pictorials (see Also Photography - Subjects & Themes - Regional) - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Historical |
| Dewey: 976.9 |
| Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing) |
| Physical Information: 0.35" H x 7.02" W x 8.78" (0.65 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Kentucky - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Hazard and Perry County have enjoyed a long and colorful history since founder Elijah Combs first settled in the area in 1795. The years have brought a multitude of changes, explored in this engaging visual history. Contained within these pages are vintage photographs depicting the history of an American small town that has always fancied itself a city. Images were culled from the collection at the Bobby Davis Museum, which includes selected photographs from John Kinner, Hal Cooner, L.O. Davis, and others. This work traces the area s development from an isolated mountain village to a center of Eastern Kentucky commerce and culture. Recorded in these images are the devastating floods that often threatened the community, as well as the building of the railroad that brought in everything from automobiles and telephones to Sears and Roebuck prefabricated homes. Aerial shots from the 1940s and 1950s are also included, and accompanying captions document the names and places familiar to oldtimers and intriguing to newcomers in Hazard, Perry County." |
Contributor Bio(s): Hall Quigley, Martha: - Martha Hall Quigley is a native of Hazard and serves as the director of the Bobby Davis Museum and Park. She is the author of several other books and articles on Perry County history, including 1911 1913: Years of Change. She brings to this new work a love for her home community and the belief that a strong identity with the past provides a vigorous foundation for the future. |