Main Street in Jenkins

ID: 940
This file appears in: Pilot – Spy - Hero

This early 20th century photograph shows Main Street in Jenkins, Kentucky, where Francis Gary Powers was born. Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society.

This file appears in: Pilot – Spy - Hero

By Tim Talbott
Historical Marker #1732 in Whitesburg notes the Cold War U-2 spy incident involving Letcher County native Francis Gary Powers. Powers was born in Jenkins, Kentucky, on August 17, 1929. He…