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Logging By Splash Dam

Logging By Splash Dam Tom R. Walters Appalachian Heritage, Volume 5, Number 1, Winter 1977, pp. 28-34 (Article) Published by The University of North Carolina Press DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/aph.1977.0006 For additional information about this article https://muse.jhu.edu/article/441333/summary Access provided at 19 Feb 2020 23:06 GMT from JHU Libraries Building Splash Dam On Ball Creek by TOM R. WALTERS Before the present age, the timber in- shortly after the Revolutionary War by dustry of much of Southeastern Kentucky that rugged breed of men and women who was tied to a river. That river was the yet defy definition. They were exploiters north flowing Kentucky, draining much of of the land and had at their fingertips some the rugged Cumberland Plateau through of the greatest wealth ever found on earth. Game animals abounded but were the first three main tributaries, the South, Middle, and North Forks. When most people think natural resource to be depleted. Elk, bear, of this industry they automatically recall deer, and turkey hardly survived the first the colorful, dangerous, and exciting era generation. Next in sight was the forest. of the log raft. There was another, and It had already supplied material for house, bam, fence, fire, and tool. Now, as the first http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Appalachian Review University of North Carolina Press

Logging By Splash Dam

Walters, Tom R.
Appalachian Review , Volume 5 (1) – Jan 8, 2014
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Tom R. Walters Appalachian Heritage, Volume 5, Number 1, Winter 1977, pp. 28-34 (Article) Published by The University of North Carolina Press DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/aph.1977.0006 For additional information about this article https://muse.jhu.edu/article/441333/summary Access provided at 19 Feb 2020 23:06 GMT from JHU Libraries Building Splash Dam On Ball Creek by TOM R. WALTERS Before the present age, the timber in- shortly after the Revolutionary War by dustry of much of Southeastern Kentucky that rugged breed of men and women who was tied to a river. That river was the yet defy definition. They were exploiters north flowing Kentucky, draining much of of the land and had at their fingertips some the rugged Cumberland Plateau through of the greatest wealth ever found on earth. Game animals abounded but were the first three main tributaries, the South, Middle, and North Forks. When most people think natural resource to be depleted. Elk, bear, of this industry they automatically recall deer, and turkey hardly survived the first the colorful, dangerous, and exciting era generation. Next in sight was the forest. of the log raft. There was another, and It had already supplied material for house, bam, fence, fire, and tool. Now, as the first

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