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The Railroad Tunnel through Pine Mountain, Kentucky

on July 4, 2022July 4, 2022 By Reggie Van Stockum 2 Comments

On Thursday, January 29, 1948, the Mountain Eagle newspaper of Whitesburg , Kentucky, reported that, on the following Tuesday, the first train would travel through the 3, 600 feet of [...]

Life and Landscapes ® in the Screaming Mountain Eagle!

on July 2, 2022July 1, 2022 By Reggie Van Stockum 1 Comment

I am exceptionally pleased to announce that my "Life and Landscapes®," Kentucky Journey Logs will now be published periodically in the famous Whitesburg newspaper, "The Mountain Eagle." A legendary newspaper [...]

Floyd Collins Crystal Cave

on June 18, 2022June 18, 2022 By Reggie Van Stockum 1 Comment

The entrance to Floyd Collins' Crystal Cave on Flint Ridge in Mammoth Cave National Park. Reggie Van Stockum with North American Jules Verne Society scholar, Father Matthew Hardesty, on  June [...]

New! Single day classes on Human Ecology!

on June 8, 2022June 7, 2022 By Reggie Van Stockum

I have decided to split the teaching of my classes on Human Ecology into two separate afternoons on Saturday and Sunday, June 25 and 26th. Those interested can register for [...]

The 50th “Speleofest” in Lone Star Cave, Kentucky-the cave video!

on May 29, 2022May 29, 2022 By Reggie Van Stockum 1 Comment

The 50th Anniversary of the Louisville Grotto's "Speleofest" held in Hart County, Kentucky, at their Lone Star Cave Preserve, Memorial Day Weekend, 2022.  Here is a virtual tour of the [...]

The Lyceum at Life and Landscapes®

on May 27, 2022May 27, 2022 By Reggie Van Stockum

I am pleased to be offering my first "Lyceum at Life and Landscapes® Learning Course", on Saturday and Sunday, June 25th and 26th, 2022 at my farm in Shelby County, [...]

Flint Hill Cemetery, Breathitt County, Kentucky

on May 21, 2022May 20, 2022 By Reggie Van Stockum 3 Comments

The Flint Hill Cemetery still standing tall on a remnant of the great Flint Ridge, once lying between Quicksand and Troublesome Creeks, and greatly mined out, in Breathitt County, Kentucky. [...]

Wild Horses on Kentucky’s Minelands!

on May 17, 2022May 17, 2022 By Reggie Van Stockum 2 Comments

Free range horses on what was once Flint Ridge near Elk View Park at the headwaters of the South Fork of Quicksand Creek in Breathitt County, Kentucky. Just Northwest of [...]

Lonesome, Lost and Feeling Sad

on May 9, 2022May 8, 2022 By Reggie Van Stockum 1 Comment

Lonesome, Lost and Feeling Sad,  a song from the new musical, Jubilee Barndance,  at the Shelby County Community Theatre in Shelbyville, Kentucky on February 13, 2022. Book by Dr. Jack [...]

Brigadier Ronald R. Van Stockum, U.S.Marine Corps (Retired) Obituary

on April 25, 2022April 25, 2022 By Reggie Van Stockum 19 Comments

Brigadier General Ronald R. Van Stockum, U. S. Marine Corps (Retired) Brigadier General Ronald R. Van Stockum died peacefully in his sleep on April 24, 2022, in Shelby County, Kentucky. [...]

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