Download or read book Around Lake Cumberland written by Kris Applegate and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lake Cumberland is a premier vacation destination for millions of people each year. With its 1,255 miles of federally protected shoreline, an average depth of 90 feet, and a surface area of more than 60,000 acres, Lake Cumberland is one of the largest man-made lakes in the United States, yet visitors may not realize the storied history that lies beneath the deep water. Before Lake Cumberland became a recreational paradise, the wild and wondrous Cumberland River ruled the land. Although plagued by spring floods, towns and communities prospered along her banks. In an effort to control the Cumberland River and reduce flooding, Wolf Creek Dam was constructed following the Flood Control Act of 1938. With the dam in place, Lake Cumberland began filling in 1951. The dam offered protection to South Central Kentucky, but it drowned or forever changed many thriving towns and communities. Images of America: Around Lake Cumberland shows what life was like along the banks of the Cumberland River before Lake Cumberland was born.
Download or read book History of Lake Cumberland Kentucky Leadership Center written by Harlan Ogle and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Fishing Guide to Kentucky s Major Lakes written by Arthur Lander and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2010-09-12 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " This updated fishing guide by expert fisherman Art Lander will help anglers of all skill levels make the most of their time at any of the state’s twenty-two most important reservoirs. Lander reveals what type of fishing is best at each lake, where fish can be found during the various seasons, and what tackle and techniques have proven best for each species. Detailed maps of each lake and information on fish feeding habits and marinas make this book an essential guide to the region’s lakes and the top fifteen sport fish species inhabiting them.
Download or read book Lake Cumberland State Park written by Lake Cumberland State Park (Ky.) and published by . This book was released on with total page 5 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Old Burnside written by Harriette Simpson Arnow and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 1977 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the early years of this century, Burnside, Kentucky, was a bustling community perched on and above the floodplain formed by the Cumberland River and the South Fork. It was a center for shipping by rail and steamboat packet, and its lumber mills sent their products all over the world. The lower part of the town -- once the heart of its economic being -- now lies beneath the waters of Lake Cumberland, and the remaining streets above no longer resound with the clatter and roar of older and busier times. Harriet Simpson Arnow moved to Burnside with her parents and sisters in 1913, a few months.
Download or read book The Cemeteries Under Lake Cumberland and Russell County Kentucky Death Records 1852 1858 1874 1878 1903 04 written by and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In the early 1940's the United States Army Corps of Engineers began acquiring some 56,830 acres of land for the Wolf Creek Dam, built near the city of Jamestown, Kentucky in Russell County. The 105 mile long Lake Cumberland Reservoir begins near Jamestown, Kentucky and extends through parts of Wayne and Pulaski Counties in Kentucky. During the land acquisition, eighty-four cemeteries within the project were to be relocated. In the early part of 1980, a crack was detected deep in the bottom of the concrete Dam, resulting in the lowering of the water level of the Lake to make the necessary repairs. Due to the low water level, a cemetery was exposed on an island in the middle of the lake in August, 1980 which raised many questions as to whether the cemeteries had indeed been relocated."--p. I.
Download or read book Around Lake Cumberland written by Kris Applegate and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2009-06-15 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lake Cumberland is a premier vacation destination for millions of people each year. Before Lake Cumberland became a recreational paradise, the wild and wondrous Cumberland River ruled the land. With its 1,255 miles of federally protected shoreline, an average depth of 90 feet, and a surface area of more than 60,000 acres, Lake Cumberland is one of the largest man-made lakes in the United States, yet visitors may not realize the storied history that lies beneath the deep water. Although plagued by spring floods, towns and communities prospered along her banks. In an effort to control the Cumberland River and reduce flooding, Wolf Creek Dam was constructed following the Flood Control Act of 1938. With the dam in place, Lake Cumberland began filling in 1951. The dam offered protection to South Central Kentucky, but it drowned or forever changed many thriving towns and communities. Images of America: Around Lake Cumberland shows what life was like along the banks of the Cumberland River before Lake Cumberland was born.
Download or read book The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come written by John Fox and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 1993-01-19 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " This powerful novel is one of the most perceptive tellings of the Civil War experience.
Download or read book Conveyance of Bunker Hill Island in Lake Cumberland Near Burnside Ky to the Commonwealth of Kentucky for Public Park Purposes written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public Works and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lake Cumberland Dale Hollow Lake Green River Lake Big South Fork National Park written by Kentucky. Department of Travel Development and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 61 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lower Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers Navigation Feasibility Report Kentucky Lock Addition written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 634 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Drowned Town written by Jayne Moore Waldrop and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2021-10-26 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "They had been told their sacrifice was for the public good. They were never told how much they would miss it, or for how long." Drowned Town explores the multigenerational impact caused by the loss of home and illuminates the joys and sorrows of a group of people bound together by western Kentucky's Land Between the Lakes and the lakes that lie on either side of it. The linked stories are rooted in a landscape forever altered by the mid-twentieth-century impoundment of the Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers and the seizing of property under the power of eminent domain to create a national recreation area on the narrow strip of land between the lakes. The massive federal land and water projects completed in quick succession were designed to serve the public interest by providing hydroelectric power, flood control, and economic progress for the region—at great sacrifice for those who gave up their homes, livelihoods, towns, and history. The narrative follows two women whose lives are shaped by their friendship and connection to the place, and their stories go back and forth in time to show how the creation of the lakes both healed and hurt the people connected to them. In the process, the stories emphasize the importance of sisterhood and family, both blood and created, and how we cannot separate ourselves from our places in the world.
Download or read book Cumberland River Guidebook written by Jerry M. Hay and published by Inland Waterways Books. This book was released on 2010-06-29 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ghosts Along the Cumberland written by William Lynwood Montell and published by Univ. of Tennessee Press. This book was released on 1975 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating collection of ghost stories, tales of the supernatural, death beliefs and death sayings that remain as a vestige of the part in south central Kentucky's "Pennyrile" region. "This unique and extremely valuable book adds considerably to the area of folklore studies in the United States. The material which Montell obtained in his field work is superb." --Don Yoder. "This book is to be recommended to both folklorists and those non-folklorists who read folklore for enjoyment alone. It makes an important contribution to the study of deathlore and, it is to be hoped, will draw added attention to this multi-generic subject area." --David J. Hufford, Tennessee Folklore Society Bulletin. "Professor Montell's book can well be viewed as a standard of excellence: a direct, articulate and cataloged approach for future study and implementation in the fields of folklore and oral history." --Joan Perkal, Oral History Association Newsletter. "The book gives fascinating accounts of death beliefs, death omens, folk beliefs associated with the dead, and in the major section, ghosts narratives. A fine combination of scholarship and chilling narration to be relished by firelight in an old deserted house in the hills." --Book Forum. "Professor Montell has arranged beliefs and experiences about death of a particular group of people in such a way that a whole new aspect of the people's lives comes to focus." --Loyal Jones, The Filson Club HIstory Quarterly.
Download or read book In Kentucky written by and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Canoeing and Kayaking Guide to Kentucky written by Bob Sehlinger and published by Menasha Ridge Press. This book was released on 2011-06-15 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At-a-glance information for each river section helps paddlers determine the river that's right for them. Stream overviews, gauge and shuttle information, names of rapids and suggestions on how to run them, along with a little history, make this guide not only an interesting read, but a must for every boater hitting the Kentucky streams.
Download or read book Fly Fishing Kentucky written by J. Thomas Schrodt and published by . This book was released on 2014-07-01 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fly Fishing Kentucky: Your Guide to Tackle, Techniquesand theBest Trout Waters in the State Written for new and experienced fly anglers. Illustrated by Christine Schrodt. Covers 36 trout waters in Kentucky, including creeks, lakes and tailwaters. Each entry provides information regarding the ecosystem, fishing recommendations, and driving directions. With detailed recommendations for: Fly, Tackle and Gear Selection Basic Casting Skills Special Fishing Techniques Reading Water to Find Trout Matching the Hatch and Fly Selection"
