Building Contract for Five 5-Room Houses in Wayland
Contract dated November 16, 1926 between Elk Horn Coal Corporation and J.J. West Erection of Five 5-Room Houses in Wayland
November 16, 1926
Wayland Historical Society
Building Contract for Manager's House in Garrett
Contract dated October 20, 1926 between J.J. West, Inc. and Elk Horn Coal Corporation for the erection of Manager’s House in Garrett, Kentucky
October 20, 1926
Wayland Historical Society
Building Contract for Sixty 3-Room Houses in Wayland
Building contract dated October 21, 1926 between Elk Horn Coal Corporation and J.J. West for sixty 3-Room houses in Wayland
October 21, 1926
Wayland Historical Society
Dormitory at Wayland
Wayland Historical Society
Garrett Hill
1914
Randy Bentley / Garrett Historical
Garrett Hill Houses, 1945
1945
Randy Bentley / Norm Higgins / Garrett Historical
Garrett Hollow Homes
Picture 1: This is a house that sat almost at the end of Garrett hollow, at one time housing the Marshall Bessie family
Picture 2: Another Garrett Hollow house, at one time housing the Joey Stephens family
Picture 3: This little shack was rented by Gypsy to the Surveyors
of Route 80.
ca 1970s
Randy Bentley / Garrett Historical
Garrett Under Construction
Company store, 104 duplexes, and 13 single family houses. All houses had electricity and were heated by gas, but did not have indoor plumbing.
Founded by the Elk Horn Coal Company, the town name was changed from "Ballard" to "Garrett" in 1914, for John and Robert Garrett, brothers that were Baltimore bankers and coal company financiers.
Aug. 13, 1914
Submitted by Randy Bentley/Garrett Historical
Home of Elizabeth Francis Hall
Photograph taken in Stonecoal of Garrett, KY
ca 1940s
Randy Bentley / Beletha Heiser / Nancy Barber Lykins / Garrett Historical
Interview with Rondal Hayes
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 he teaches.
Recording 2: Hayes talks about the history of the Hueysville Church of Christ. He discusses the donation of land for the church and its construction, which began in 1909. He talks about the church's ideology, and women in the early days of the church. He describes the first records of the church, the use of the upstairs, his hopes for the future of the church and its current purpose. Hayes discusses the presence of the Ku Klux Klan and early preachers of the church. He describes working at his store (F.P. Hayes General Store) alongside his father.
Recording 3: Hayes talks about his family's experience during the Great Depression. He discusses his father's store and personality. He talks about taking positions in the church and his dislike for preaching at funerals. He describes Alice Lloyd College's involvement in his community, his school building burning down, and the teachers he had as a boy.
Recording 4: Hayes talks about his childhood, including games he played and how Christmas was celebrated. He talks about practical jokes played in Hueysville, shares tales from his father's store (F.P. Hayes General Store), and describes members of the community. He talks about the development of his father's store and the construction of the railroad beside the church.
Recording 5: Hayes talks about Garrett Theater and what he did for fun as a boy. He shares several stories about fox hunting.
Recording 6: Hayes talks more about fox hunting. He discusses his grandmother, fear, coal camp houses, and old practices in coal mining.
June 6, 1979
Submitted by Richard and Susan Salisbury.
<a title="Hueysville Church of Christ (Bosco Christian Church) Register 1890-1965" href="http://history.fclib.org/items/show/4" target="_blank">Hueysville Church of Christ (Bosco Christian Church) Register 1890-1965</a> <br /><a title="Hueysville Church of Christ" href="http://history.fclib.org/items/show/25" target="_blank">Hueysville Church of Christ</a><br /><a title="Frank Hayes Store" href="http://history.fclib.org/items/show/26" target="_blank">Frank Hayes Store</a>