Project Dateline

Red House in Red House

The Lexington Herald-Leader — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 18:00:30 +0000

Drive slow and on the eastern side of KY 388 in Madison Co., opposite the railroad tracks, you’ll see the actual red house the town of Red House was named for.

Raining in Rain

The Lexington Herald-Leader — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 16:22:05 +0000

The map said Rain would be right where Knox and Whitley counties bump up near Goldens Creek. There’s a community there, all right, and it was raining, dogs if not cats, but nobody within a good mile or so had ever, ever heard of the town called by that name. Photos by Charles Bertram/Words by Amy Wilson.

Jumbo, Ky

The Lexington Herald-Leader — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:00:21 +0000

As Raymond Lewis tells it, this was all virgin timber and wilderness when Morgan Smith claimed 1,400 acres and began logging through here. He got himself a sawmill and some animal help in there to speed the work. When the time came to name the Lincoln County town, the name of the animal seemed to fit the mood nicely. The animal was an elephant. His name was Jumbo.

Butterfly is free

The Lexington Herald-Leader — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:00:41 +0000

Photos By Charles Bertram / Story By Amy Wilson BUTTERFLY — Elijah Fugate’s first bonus from the coal company whose name nobody can remember was spent on the Butterfly Church of the Living God. Elijah worked at the Butterfly Mine in the coal camp where the post office was simply marked “Butterfly.” That [...]

Smile, Kentucky

The Lexington Herald-Leader — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:00:46 +0000

Photos By Charles Bertram / Story By Amy Wilson SMILE — Standing in the middle of the road where the map says this town is supposed to be, there is a dilapidated, but wildly beautiful, structure hung with every imaginable color and length of green vine, a road that leads up and [...]