Mining Camp

ID: 2219

This file appears in: Little Floyd

This photograph shows a domestic coal mining operation in Floyd County. This image also provides an example of much of the county's topography. Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society.

This file appears in: Little Floyd

Little Floyd

By Katie Crawford-Lackey

Historical Marker #905 in Floyd County notes one of the most unique tracts of land in Kentucky. Floyd County was originally composed of 3,600 square miles of land when it was founded in 1799. Throughout the nineteenth century, sections of the…