Browse Interviews · William H. Berge Oral History Center

Interview with Jerry Raisor

Curator, Kentucky River Museum

Tags: Kentucky River, pollution

Interview with Helen Witt

Witt reminiscences of growing up at the Mowbray & Robinson sawmill in West Irvine, Kentucky in the 1920's and 1930's.

Tags: Boats, Floods, Kentucky River, Sawmills

Interview with Glynn Welsh

Welsh tells of long life on the Kentucky River in Estill County.

Tags: Boats, Fishing, Irvine KY, Kentucky River

Interview with Eddie Smith

Smith speaks of civil engineer work for the Park Service Commission on High Bridge.

Tags: engineering, High Bridge, Kentucky River

Interview with W.M. Fint

Fint speaks of work as a fisherman and boat operator.

Tags: Boats, Fishing, Kentucky River

Interview with Benny Powell

Retired military man speaks of childhood adventures on the Kentucky River.

Tags: Herrington Lake, Kentucky River, Military Service

Interview with Patrick C. and William J. Lynch

The Lynch brothers discuss their time and work on the Kentucky River.

Tags: boat building, boating, Kentucky River, Paddle Wheel Boats

Interview with Russell Dees

Retiree from the Corps of Engineers discusses work on the Kentucky River.

Tags: Boats, Dams, Kentucky River, lock keeping

Interview with Jessie B. Newby, Eunice Perkins, Elizabeth Saylor and Eva Sams

Four ladies speak of day to day life on the Kentucky River.

Tags: Boats, Floods, Kentucky River, Valley View KY

Interview with John Donaldson

Tags: Kentucky River

Interview with Oliver Franklin "Butch" Shearer

Riverboat Captain

Tags: Kentucky River, river boats, river captains

Interview with Andy Mead

Reporter, Lexington Herald Leader

Tags: Civil Rights, Evolution, Kentucky River, Thomas D. Clark

Interview with Thomas J. Fitzgerald

Director of Kentucky Resources Council

Tags: Kentucky River, water supply

Interview with Lewis Stivers

Tags: Boats, Church, Entertainment, Fishing, Kentucky River, Kentucky River Mills, logging, Masonry, Military Service, rafting, River Rats, Swimming

Interview with Ed Combs

Combs reminiscences about rafting on Troublesome Creek and the Northfolk of the Kentucky River.

Tags: Boats, Dynamiting Fish, Farming, Fishing, gigging, Kentucky River, Ned Callahan, rafting, River Accidents, Swimming, Timber, Tom Smith

Interview with Homer Allen

Allen speaks of experiences over the years along the Kentucky River.

Tags: Coal Mining, EKU, Fishing, Floods, Kentucky River, rafting, Timber

Interview with O.H. Gullette

Lock worker talks about recent work and repairs done on certain locks on the Kentucky River.

Tags: Floods, Kentucky River, lock keeping

Interview with James Young

Young discusses personal and family experiences on the Kentucky River.

Tags: Boats, Clay's Ferry, Kentucky River, logging, Shot Factory

Interview with Zelphia Kearns

Kearns discusses life in the community of Doylesville in Madison County, near the Kentucky River.

Tags: Doylesville KY, Kentucky River

Interview with Sidney R. Clements & F.E. Webster

Clements and Webster tell of family and personal history along the Kentucky River.

Tags: Boats, Fall City, Gratz KY, Kentucky River, logging, Shipping

Interview with Mayme Seale

Seale speaks of living for 90 years in Booneville, Kentucky.

Tags: Booneville KY, Kentucky River, Politics, rafting

Interview with Garland Dever, Jr.

Geologist with the Federal government shares information on work with Kentucky minerals.

Tags: geology, Kentucky River, minerals, Rocks

Interview with Scott Rogers

Tags: Camp Nelson KY, coal barges, distilleries, Kentucky River, prostitution, runaway logs

Interview with William H. Martin

Commissioner, Kentucky Department Natural Resources and Director, Natural Areas, Eastern Kentucky University

Tags: Cumberland River, Floods, Kentucky River, Recreation, surface mining

Interview with Hugh Archer

Tags: Kentucky River

Interview with Thomas M. Durman

Chairman of the Kentucky River Authority

Tags: Kentucky River, water supply

Interview with James Tuttle

Tuttle tells of growing up on the Kentucky River and his father's work as a toll keeper.

Tags: Education, EKU Alumni, Fishing, Kentucky River, logging, Sawmills, Toll Bridge

Interview with Gene D. Tindall

Tindall talks about the Kentucky River and the people he encountered.

Tags: Fishing, Floods, Kentucky River, Tom Bondurant

Interview with Stanley Taulbee

Taulbee reminiscences about the flood of Frozen Creek in Breathitt County in July of 1939.

Tags: Floods, Kentucky River

Interview with Aileen Suter

Postmistress tells of life and work at Perry Park on the Kentucky River for nearly forty five years.

Tags: Boats, Floods, Kentucky River, Postmistress

Interview with Ruby Stewart

Wife of commercial fisherman tells of life near Gratz, Kentucky.

Tags: Fishing, Floods, Kentucky River

Interview with Charles Stevens

Stevens tells of early years of his life spent in Estill County at the Mawbray & Robinson Sawmill where his father worked.

Tags: boating, Fishing, Kentucky River, Sawmills

Interview with James Roberts

Roberts speaks of growing up in the area around the Kentucky River at Drennon between Locks #1 and #2.

Tags: Boats, Fishing, Kentucky River

Interview with Susie Lair

Lair speaks of first eleven years of life on the Kentucky River at Valley View.

Tags: Boats, Kentucky River, Valley View KY

Interview with Avery Imel

Imel tells of life near the Kentucky River near the community of Perry Park.

Tags: boating, Fishing, Kentucky River, rafting, trapping

Interview with Charles Gibson

Gibson speaks of spending thirty years on the Kentucky River as a commercial fisherman.

Tags: Fishing, Kentucky River

Interview with William Garrett

Garrett reminiscences about growing up in Jackson, Kentucky on the North Fork of the Kentucky River in the 1920's and 1930's.

Tags: Jackson KY, Kentucky River

Interview with Sallie Fullen

Fullen reminiscences about growing up at Tyrone on the Kentucky River up through the 1920's.

Tags: Boats, Kentucky River, Swimming

Interview with Maurice Flynn

Flynn speaks of family history at Boonesborough and along the Kentucky River.

Tags: Ferries, Kentucky River

Interview with James Floyd, Jr.

Retired Teacher and EKU alumnus speaks of growing up along Lock #1 and Lock #6.

Tags: Boats, Education, EKU Alumni, Fishing, Kentucky River

Interview with Zelda Filson

Retired teacher tells of life in Henry County, Kentucky.

Tags: boating, Boats, Kentucky River

Interview with Lonnie Atha

Life long resident of Owen County tells of life growing up on the Kentucky River.

Tags: Boats, Fishing, Kentucky River

Interview with Everett Byrd

Byrd speaks of working for several years on the Kentucky River.

Tags: Kentucky River, logging, Lumber, rafting

Interview with William Hall

Hall discusses the Kentucky River and memories of connections with the River.

Tags: Clay's Ferry, droughts, Floods, Kentucky River

Interview with Edward Campbell

Retired teacher recalls life on the Kentucky River.

Tags: Education, Fishing, Floods, Kentucky River, logging, rafting

Interview with Scott Barbour

Barber discusses the Kentucky River.

Tags: boating, Floods, Kentucky River, locks

Interview with William Yount

Yount discusses memories of the Kentucky River.

Tags: Bentson Creek, boating, Boats, Dams, Floods, Kentucky River

Interview with Margaret Embry

Embry speaks of growing up at the Mowbray and Robison sawmill in Estill County, Kentucky.

Tags: Boats, Floods, Kentucky River, Sawmills

Interview with Walker Wilson

Retired carpenter and painter recalls memories of growing up on the Kentucky River.

Tags: Education, Floods, Kentucky River, rafting

Interview with Myrtle Carter

Carter discusses family's experiences on the Kentucky River.

Tags: Fishing, Kentucky River, Steamboats, Swimming

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