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Kentucky is richly blessed with rivers. This book tells the stories of three of the most beautiful and historic: the Rolling Fork, the Nolin, and the Rough. Each is an unpredictable force of nature flowing through a land that varies from wide, sunny meadows to dark, rock-bound hollows.
Chapters describe the people who lived in the river valleys, including pioneers, frontier preachers, a future president, cave explorers, Confederate and Union soldiers, desperate killers, hardscrabble farmers, and inspired visionaries. Sometimes they were wasteful and violent and vain; at other times they were inventive and graceful and kind. Their descendants realized that survival had come to mean something new: living in harmony with the land and the rivers.
List of contents
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments縱ii
Preface�BR>
Part One-The Rolling Fork
Introduction�BR>
One. The Struggle Begins�BR>
Two. Trailblazers�
Three. Whiskey and Salt�
Four. The Catholics Arrive�
Five. The Struggles of Thomas Lincoln�
Six. Steamboats and Railroads�
Seven. Thunder in the Valley�
Eight. Struggling Just to Live�
Nine. Too Dry, Then Too Wet�
Ten. The Rolling Fork Today�
Part Two-The Nolin River
Introduction�
Eleven. The First People�
Twelve. The River Gets a New Name�
Thirteen. Devil on the Loose�
Fourteen. Two Presidents, Two Fathers�3
Fifteen. The Remarkable Stephen�9
Sixteen. Blue and Gray on the Nolin�8
Seventeen. The Prosperous Years�9
Eighteen. Progress�9
Nineteen. Hard Times�5
Twenty. The Nolin Today�2
Part Three-Rough River
Introduction�9
ç’wenty-One. The Legend of Spanish Fort�0
ç’wenty-Two. Settlers and Speculators�3
ç’wenty-Three. Murder at Pine Knob�4
ç’wenty-Four. Falls of Rough�2
ç’wenty-Five. The Price of War�9
ç’wenty-Six. Confederates�0
ç’wenty-Seven. Sinews of Steel�7
ç’wenty-Eight. Dying Time�8
ç’wenty-Nine. That High, Lonesome Sound�5
Thirty. Rough River Today�4
Chapter Notes�1
Bibliography and Note to Readers�9
Index�3
About the author
Dan Lee has degrees in history from Murray State University and Western Kentucky University. He lives in Hardin County, Kentucky.
Summary
Kentucky is richly blessed with rivers. This book tells the stories of three of the most beautiful and historic of them: the Rolling Fork, the Nolin, and the Rough. Each is an unpredictable force of nature flowing through a land that varies from wide, sunny meadows to dark, rock-bound hollows.
