Red House in Red House
August 14, 2009 by Charles Bertram
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The people of Red House have made their town impossible to forget. Coming from the outskirts, the Red House Baptist Church is only a harbinger of things to come. Next up Red House Road, Red House United Methodist Church, then Red House Red House Records and Recording Studio, the Red House Country Store, then Red House Automotive. Drive slow and on the eastern side of the road, opposite the railroad tracks, you’ll see the actual red house the town was named for. Can’t miss it, it’s the biggest and reddest thing in town. Words by Amy Wilson/Photographs by Charles Bertram
Raining in Rain
July 31, 2009 by Charles Bertram
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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. Which didn’t mean the townsfolks had nothing to say. At the Peace Grocery #2, men who had lived around these parts forever sat on an old church pew, looked out on the green lush landscape around them and ruminated on the dilemma of the never-heard-of-town-name, so much rain this year, the president of the United States having a beer this week with strangers and why they can’t get rid of their wives. Except that, of course, Clarence Peace, also known as “Hunk”, never has had one. Photos by Charles Bertram/Words by Amy Wilson
Jumbo, Ky
July 17, 2009 by Charles Bertram
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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.
Jumbo words by Amy Wilson with Jumbo photographs by Charles Bertram
Butterfly is free
July 2, 2009 by Charles Bertram
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At one time, the Butterfly Mine operated in this tiny former coal camp in Perry County. When it came time to name the town, it was apparently in the midst of being overrun by the colorful, flitting insects leading Mose Feltner to name it Butterfly, Ky. Photographs by Charles Bertram | Staff
Smile, Kentucky
June 19, 2009 by Charles Bertram
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The fog was barely lifting when we got to Smile, Kentucky, in northwest Rowan County. The tiny town sits in a north-south valley aligning Big Brushy Creek. Read more
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