Interview with W.C. Thompson

2004 OH 038

2/23/2004

W.C. Thompson discusses the role that railroads played in Ravenna KY through time. He shares his memories of growing up in a town with 17,600, a number that declined as the railroads were replaced by automobiles. Thompson also comments on political trends, such as good and bad Mayors and wet/dry local option votes.

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Interview with W.C. Thompson

Denton, Beckie

Thompson, W.C.

Ravenna, KY

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The Community Change in the Kentucky Foothills of Appalachia Project was funded by the Kentucky Oral History Commission.