Main Street in Jenkins

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Main Street in Jenkins

This early 20th century photograph shows Main Street in Jenkins. Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society.

This file appears in: Jenkins

By Tim Talbott
Historical Marker #1804 in Jenkins notes the history of this Letcher County coal town. In the last decade of the 19th century coal production by industrial companies began in earnest. A rapidly industrializing United States needed a fuel source…