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 [...]
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Life and Landscapes ® in the Screaming Mountain Eagle!
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
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!
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!
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®
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
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!
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
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
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. [...]