High Tide in Wayland, Ky
Flood at Estill (near Wayland and Glo), Floyd County, Kentucky. Photo labeled "High Tide, Wayland, Ky., March 11, 1914."
March 11, 1914
Alex Allen
Estill - from Music's porch-rocks where some funerals took place-C.A. Donovan
Wayland Historical Society
Joseph Davis (1860-1950)
District Court Clerk for the Garrett Area
Davis was born on Right Beaver and died there, but led an interesting life, having twice walked out to Missouri with his uncles, the Riddles. He walked back both times, becoming dissatisfied. The second time finding that his parents had moved back to Virginia in his absence, leaving him to have to sleep out in the open. He felt safer sleeping in the trees, so that is where he set up residence. Alamander Coburn received word that a young stranger was sleeping in a tree on his farm, so he sent his son-in-law, a Combs, to see who it was. Joseph was invited to supper, and he ended up marrying Alamander's daughter, Sarah Coburn.
Joseph was the cause of the name "Pumpkin Center" at Estill when the superintendent of Elkhorn Coal saw a field of pumpkins Joseph had planted and said it was "the pumpkin center of the whole damn world".
ca. 1948
Submitted by Floyd D. Davis
Interview with Oscar Patton (1892-1976)
Interview includes a transcript, with notes explaining places, family connections, and some words.
June 10, 1975
Submitted by Susan Salisbury.
Interview with Maggie Conley Patton (1913-1987)
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 television in her neighborhood, learning to play the organ, attending church, and shopping.
June 6, 1979
Submitted by Richard and Susan Salisbury.