Timber Operation

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This file appears in: Lynch Colored School
Timber Operation

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 students. When the coal boom hit eastern Kentucky in the…