Rural Electricity
This file appears in: First Kentucky Consumer Rural Cooperative Electricity
Until rural electricity became available farmers were unable to do certain early morning or late evening tasks or had to rely on less safe modes of lighting and power. Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society.
This file appears in: First Kentucky Consumer Rural Cooperative Electricity
First Kentucky Consumer Rural Cooperative Electricity
Historical Marker #1392 in Henderson County marks the location where the first Kentucky customer received rural electricity from an electric cooperative.
In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the law creating the Rural Electrification…