“Never let it be said that to dream is to waste one’s time, for dreams are realities in waiting.” ~ Unknown
I started my day reading about Lynch, Kentucky. Like Jenkins (above), Lynch was built to accommodate coal miners and their families. And, like Jenkins, it’s struggling to stay alive. The road into Jenkins is still lined with company houses. There are a lot of coal towns in Kentucky that only have a few company houses still standing. Some have been wiped off the map, like Leatherwood where dad lived when he was a young boy. It’s very, very sad to see these once vibrant cities reduced to shadows of their former glory, but I’m equally proud of the men and women who made history in these places. The towns would have been nothing without them. I’m grateful to be from this Eastern Kentucky stock.
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