Zero Mine Explosion
On the morning of December 9, 1932, at 8:30 am, a blast at the Zero Mine, owned by Harlan Fuel Company, was heard in the Yancy section of Harlan County.
1901 Pocahontas Mine Explosions
It was about this week in 1901 the first mining incident happened at the Baby Mine on November 14 and the second incident at West Mine on November 22; both took the lives of seventeen miners.
Fort Boonesborough
Daniel Boone founded Kentucky’s second settlement in April 1775, and one month later, the state’s first representative of government was held at Boonesborough.