Timber Operation

ID: 2570
This file appears in: Lynch Colored School

Coal mining and timber harvesting were the two most common occupations in many eastern communities like Lynch. Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society.

This file appears in: Lynch Colored School

By Tim Talbott
Historical Marker #2109 in Lynch, Kentucky (Harlan County) commemorates the history of the Lynch Colored School, a segregation-era school that educated the community's African American…