Alamander (Alka) Davis
Picture 1: Alamander (Alka) Davis driving his yokes of oxen; pulling a steam boiler into the wilds of either Licking or Quick Sand. Davis was a contractor and drove oxen, horses, and mules.
Picture 2: Sitting with his favorite dog, Eisenhower. His son Raymond had given him a matched pair of coon hounds after the war, one named Eisenhower and the other named Patton. Davis was Maintenance Superintendent of Princess Elkhorn Coal's Camp at David at this time.
Picture 1: 1920s or 1930s
Picture 2: 1948
Submitted by Floyd D. Davis
Open Fork School
In 1949, Open Fork School was a two-room institution located on what would be the six and 1/2 mile of Route 850 at Good Loe, Kentucky. Edna Mae Castle Davis was one of the two teachers, and she took these photos.
1949
Submitted by Floyd D. Davis
Pitts Fork School
Picture 1: Alma Reffett-Lowe is the standing adult all the way to the left and Edna Mae Castle Davis is squatting in the front row before her.
Picture 2: Behind the woman and children is Pitts Fork School. This is the last building to be used, the first having been a log structure. It was two room with out side toilets and a dug and drilled well. The school was closed in 1965 when it was consolidated into Clark Elementary.
Pictured is O'Kala Reffett Ousley and her daughters Lois and Bonnie.
ca. early 1940s
Submitted by Floyd D. Davis
Floyd Davis
Picture 1: Floyd Davis, plowing with the mule Jim in about 1971. This picture was taken in the garden beside his house, just below the old Pyramid Post Office
Picture 2: Floyd Davis with a truck he used to haul logs from Turner Branch at Eastern to Knevoa, West Virginia. Davis said he could make two trips per day if he hauled dark-to-dark. Today, the trip takes about an hour. This picture was taken in the late 1930s, probably in Job Turner Branch.
1971
Submitted by Floyd D. Davis
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First United Methodist Church of Prestonsburg
Picture 1: First United Methodist Church
Picture 2: First Methodist Church has gone through a number of developmental phases. There was a long period before the Civil War when the congregation was not "Churched" and met in open field, court houses, school buildings, private homes and such places as it could. Then in 1883, thanks to a bequest of land from the heirs of Samuel Davidson, the congregation was able to construct Prestonsburg's first permanent Church building on a lot across from Turner Technologies.
Picture 3: In 1916, a great revival swept through the Church, and ground was broken for a new Church which became our present sanctuary.
Picture 4: The First World War, the Spanish Flu Pandemic, and material scarcity prevented the completion of the structure until April of 1919.
In 1952, the Church was overflowing with children; so the education wing was constructed on an industrial design drawn by local architect George Shannon.
Picture 5-6: In 1988, the congregation made a bold move to construct a Family Life Center to provide a venue in which all of family life might take place within the protection of the Church. This was completed in 1991.
Picture 7: In 1937, Josie Davidson approached the minister of the church and suggested that we should dig the box from the cornerstone of the church and open it. Very wisely, the minister said that would not be possible and instead suggested that an alternative box should be built that could be opened periodically. Accordingly, the church's memory box was built from the original church's alter rails (1883--1920 across from Turner Technology) and materials were sealed in the box for the future. In 2008, the box was unsealed for the first time in 50 years in conjunction with the 125th anniversary of the Anniversary of the completion of our first building. The first picture is a group picture of the congregational celebrants.
Picture 8: Minister Mark Waltz, opening the Memory Box in 2008.
Picture 9: Nancy Webb, lifting the lid of the memory box.
Picture 10: New items placed in the memory box to be sealed.
Submitted by Floyd D. Davis/First United Methodist Church of Prestonsburg Archives
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Kathryn Stumbo Frazier (1915-1998)
Picture 1: Kathryn as a young girl on her pony on the Stumbo Farm at McDowell. Circa 1920.
Picture 2: Kathyrn playing the organ at First United Methodist Church of Prestonsburg, something she did for more than fifty years, as well as teach music at the elementary level. She was the leader of David's Patsy Teenagers, and was married to Chalmer Frazier. Picture was taken in late 1980s.
Item 3: A brief biography of Kathryn Stumbo Frazier written by Floyd D. Davis.
Submitted by Floyd D. Davis/First United Methodist Church of Prestonsburg Archives
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Patsy Teenagers
The Patsy Teenagers were a singing group organized and paid for by the Princess Elkhorn Coal Company in David. The group used talent drawn from the children of their workmen to represent them at various coal-related meetings and functions. The group also came to perform at cultural events as well and had a reputation for excellence. The Teenagers performed until the company collapsed financially in 1968.
Picture 1: Taken in Huntington, West Virginia in 1953.
Picture 2: Taken in the early 1960s.
Picture 3: Note the unusual hem to the dresses. The news clipping is attached to an attendance role for the group, giving at least a partial list of names.
Item 4: History of the Patsy Teenagers
Submitted by Floyd D. Davis/First United Methodist Church of Prestonsburg Archives
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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormon)
Picture 1: This picture of the members of the Martin Branch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints was taken in 1947 by Alma Ruth Salisbury Edwards.
Picture 2: Pictured in front of the church are members Alafair Flanery, Ellen Flanery Salisbury, Paulie Dingus, Blanche Dingus, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, and Nancy Dingus
Picture 3: Taken in 1940s, when the church was located in the Cumminsville area of Martin.
Picture 4: Taken sometime in the 1940s in front of the Cumminsville building, with Bill Flanery and his mule, Old Bob.
Picture 5: From the 1957 Church Dedication program for the new building
Picture 6: Taken in 1957, when the church was located across from what is now St Joseph Hospital in Martin.
Picture 7: The Relief Society working on a quilt in April 1972. Pictured from right to left are Alafair Flanery, Polly Dingus, Effie Maggard, Grace Flannery, Goldie Spurlock.
Submitted by Richard Salisbury
Bucks Branch School
Rob Barnett teaching at Bucks Branch School. Pupils include Delores Flanery Dingus
ca 1950s
Submitted by Richard Salisbury
Arkansas School
Arkansas Creek rural school in 1907 with Cea Stumbo as teacher
Row 1: Arthur Robinson, Raymond Samons, Will Owens, Joe Robinson, Kendall Crisp, James Sammons, Beverly Sammons, Bennie Sammons.
Row 2: Susie Samons, Anna Crisp, Lennie Samons Peters, Pearl Samons Click, Alex Sammons, George Sammons, Mary Kidd, Fanny C. Robinson.
Row 3: Weeks Sammons, Tennessee Crisp, Henry Crisp, Bertha Samons, Will Sammons, Cea Stumbo, Rebecca Samons Robinson.
1907
Submitted by Richard Salisbury. Names provided by Charles Rice.