Comments for Project Dateline

Comment on Chicken Bristle: Six houses and a state of mind by Ted Steiner

Ted Steiner — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 16:24:17 +0000

I went to Chicken Bristle once, and it was closed!

Comment on Chicken Bristle: Six houses and a state of mind by Carolyn Baker Balog

Carolyn Baker Balog — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 13:58:32 +0000

I was surprised and so glad to find this site.I have always been curious about Chicken Bristle ever since I first heard of it, many years ago. My father, b. 1909, said he used to visit his grandparents there. I have been there once a few years ago. Now I am on a quest to find out which grandparents lived there. The names of 2 possible families are: Jeremiah M Baker (a Civil War veteran), and Francis Marion and Sarah Howe. It is possibly Baugh, though the first two are the most likely. My great grandfather Jeremiah had a sawmill in Liberty. He married Emily Baugh of Highland.
On the census records, places are identified by district, so it is difficult for me to figure out what district Chicken Bristle is in.
If anyone can help shed some light on this for me , I would appreciate it.
Carolyn

Comment on Helechawa: Been there. And back. by Joann

Joann — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 09:22:49 +0000

Helen Chase Walbridge was my grandmother. The town Helechawa was named after her. My great grandfather was William Delancey Walbridge, President of the Ohio/Kentucky railroad. JoAnn

Comment on Jugornot: A jug? In Kentucky? by Barbara Meece

Barbara Meece — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 19:33:25 +0000

I love this area Jugornot Road is over the hill from me.

Comment on Golden Ash: If you blink, you’ll miss it by lonnie r. burkhart jr

lonnie r. burkhart jr — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 19:06:53 +0000

Well I was suprised to see this information on Goldenash here in Harlan.
I was raised up as a child in Goldenash for about the first 13 years of my life. There were many families living there during those years. There was a church, an old school ,and several rowes of houses and lots of childern
living there. The river was just about as full of fish as you could imagine.
The first house we lived in was a 3 room,and I can still remember mom and dad putting news paper soaked in something on the inside walls to help keep it warm for winter.we had a grate in each room for heat in the winter. We later moved in one of the houses that still stands there now.It
has an old truck bed out in the yard even to this day that my dad brought home from work to make me a play house. What good times.
Goldenash holds some fond memories for me,and a place I always wanted to move back to when I got ready to settle down.
I remember when the water would freeze up in the winter my mother would send me down the rail road to kitts to get her a bucket of water ,but usally I would have spilt most of it by the time I got home and she would send me back for another.
We moved to Goldenash around 1952 and moved from there in the mid 60′s.
lonnie