Browse Interviews · William H. Berge Oral History Center

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 Mayme Seale

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

Tags: Booneville KY, Kentucky River, Politics, rafting

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 Everett Byrd

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

Tags: Kentucky River, logging, Lumber, rafting

Interview with Edward Campbell

Retired teacher recalls life on the Kentucky River.

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

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 Herbert Marcum

Retired logger tells of work on the South Fork of the Kentucky River.

Tags: Education, Kentucky River, logging, Military Service, National Youth Administration, rafting

Interview with Harrison Broce

Retired worker from the national distilleries speaks of trapping and fishing on the Kentucky River.

Tags: distilleries, Ferries, Fishing, Kentucky River, rafting, trapping

Interview with Marvin Hawkins

Retired junkyard operator recalls several memories of his experiences on the Kentucky River.

Tags: Boats, Kentucky River, logging, rafting

Interview with Arnold Hurd

Retired farmer and former logger discusses life and rafting on the Kentucky River.

Tags: Farming, Kentucky River, logging, rafting

Interview with John Irvine

Retired farmer recalls memories of experiences on the Kentucky River.

Tags: Doylesville KY, Kentucky River, logging, rafting

Interview with Ernest Robinson

Robinson discusses rafting on the Kentucky River.

Tags: Fishing, Kentucky River, logging, rafting, Tobacco

Interview with Hargis McQueen

McQueen discusses what life was like growing up on the Kentucky River.

Tags: Boats, Clay's Ferry, Kentucky River, navigating, rafting

Interview with Chester Finney

Finney speaks of several years of work on the Kentucky River.

Tags: Kentucky River, logging, rafting

Interview with Joe Helton

Eastern Kentucky University alumnus discusses seeing rafts on the South Fork of the Kentucky River.

Tags: Booneville KY, Education, EKU, Kentucky River, rafting

Interview with Sam Wilson

Life-long resident of St. Helen's, KY discusses life and work on the Kentucky River.

Tags: Kentucky River, logging, rafting

Interview with Joe Helton

Tags: Education, Kentucky River, rafting

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