Letcher County, Kentucky

[ 3/9/06: 30 pages (141 pages of print), 6 photos;
plus those in my diary ]

Jenkins is the largest town in Letcher County, and as it turns out, the one I know best, thanks to two stays there, totalling nearly a month. My site is still very much to be developed; but already does include an entire book published on the town.

[ 1/3/06: 4 pages, 16 photos; plus those in my diary ]

The old coal mining outpost of Seco couldn't be a prettier place. It's now known mostly for its winery; and this although Letcher County is "dry" — no alcohol for public sale.

[ 6/16/09: 2 pages, 5 photos ]

Kona is a tiny place, another early‑20c mining town with no more mine; but Daniel Boone may have left his mark here, and it has other curious history as well.

[ 12/24/05: 1 page, 2 photos; and one more in my diary ]

Now the hamlet of Almira is not in the county, and not even in Kentucky: rather, in Virginia. But Almira is no more than four miles away, my page is rather slight, and for now I have nothing else on Virginia. On this site then, for a while at least, she's an adoptive Kentuckian.