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Patton discusses being a young woman during the Great Depression, including her chores, games she liked to play, her first job, making clothes, and cooking. She describes men walking to the mines, seeing a car for the first time, having the first…

Recording 1: Hayes discusses his family history and shares stories from his childhood. He talks about beginning to teach children at church and describes what religion and prayer mean to him. He discusses what he hopes to instill in the young people…

Picture 1: circa 1920s

Picture 2: during the 1957 or 1963 flood

Picture 3: New building, circa 1970s

Also called: Bill Francis General Store, The Francis Building, Francis Hotel

Picture 2 was taken during the May 1927 flood.

Orbit Hayes and Frances Murray

Photo taken during picnic with friends at High Rocks near Wayland, KY

Baptism at Wayland, dam behind Ball Park

Lists compensation of injuries and fatalities of employees from 1922-1954.