Pathfork Ky (The Harlan Community on the Other Side of the Bell County Line)
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- čas přidán 6. 09. 2024
- Join us as we visit Pathfork Kentucky the community inside of Harlan County you have to drive through Bell County to access.
original music in this video by Jayk Davis used by permission.
Pathfork can be accessed through Harlan county from 987 onto 2005 but that's a very long and lonely drive on a treacherous road. The safest, most practical and certainly shortest route out of pathfork is through Bell county onto 119. The coal miners memorial highway (72) for all practical purposes ends above pathfork and starts again on the other side of the mountain at Liggett. This information is from Kentucky State highway department road maps.
Just love those beautiful mountains. I use to live in blackmont ..
Enjoyed the video, raised in Pathfork, went to the Blackstar Church,.really made me homesick,..thank you
Thanks for watching Wendell we appreciate it!
Black Star Pentacostal church. My brother in law is the Pastor. Rev. J.C. CRAIG. The old mine & camp houses were just beyond the church. My sister and brother in law lived there in the 70's. My grandparents raised their kids at Insull mine camp next to the Insull Baptist church with grandpa Wright help build and preached at. I use to walk the tracks in black star. I'm in Tn now but love going home. My grandpa Cupp also lived in Insull coal camp.
I was born in Pathfork and raised there mainly I Love watching these videos.
Thanks
My family from Blackstar and Pathfork, I spent my early childhood in Blackstar and Pathfork
And many summers in Insule,
I am a Fultz and Ayers! My uncle still lives in Cumberland.
I love those mountains and the heritage that I am from out of those mountains!
Just found your video and love it! My Nannie played the piano at Blackmont Baptist Church for many years, my Mammaw and Papaw lived there, and my aunt was the postmaster. I have family who still live in Blackmont and Pathfork and many relatives buried in Alva Memorial cemetery there in Black Star. My great-grandfather was the Black Star camp doctor and most of my mom's family was raised there. So many good memories of the area and so many wonderful people still there. You should go back in the late spring when all the trees are full and show folks how pretty it can be!!
almost half a century ago i lived on Fork St. & went to church at Black Star. I love that you filmed the baptizing hole and the trestle. I played in that creek after church many a sunday and got in trouble for getting wet. thank you so much brother.
I used to work up the road from that church at R&B coal. Lots of childhood friends live in pathfork
I love your singing voice.😍
Thank you!
My parents and I enjoyed watching! It makes us feel like we’re right there with you.
Glad your folks enjoyed it!
I used to live in middlesboro great place to live
My momma lives there now. But she is from Closplint. Moving there today. On my way. I love Kentucky. Thank you for your videos, I just subscribed.
Thanks for that ride. Not quite sure why you got so excited about the path over the track at the church house, but... to each their own. Enjoyed the whole ride. From the urbanized flatlands of Northwest Indiana.
There's whole communities back here that took years to get a decent railroad crossing or to get one repaired and that church had that little crossing just for it.
Great videos, keep them coming
Thanks!
Raised in Pathfork, left around 1992. It was a blessing to be raised there. My papaw was Orville Sexton.
Knew him very well. Very good man.
I know your papaw, I'm from Pathfork
I remember your papaw. He and my mom and dad (Loretta and Joe Bishop)were friends. They went to Pathfork Holiness Church.
@@sandifarley2996 I know Joe Bishop. He was friends with my mom and dad. Clayton and Wilma Blanton. Got to be in church with them a few times. Wonderful people.
My dad was Bruce Roskie
The only other Road to get to Pathfork, is to go through Smith out toward Brownies Creek on 987, and turn right on 2005 go across the mountain and you’ll come out in Black Star.
That first curve you went thru was always called the "S" curve by everyone.
Blackstar Coal Co. used employ around a 1,000 men at one time. Had a commissary that sold everything from furniture to groceries. Paid the Miner's in company scrip. Just up past the church you stopped at.
The store you went by in Tugglesville was run by Bud Bunch and his family.
That first road on your left after the Pathfork sign is where my Uncle still lives. Spent many a day upon that mountain.
Thank you again so much for this video. God bless.
Thank you for taking the time to share this with us. I hope we can get back up there when everything greens out and do a summertime drive through and go all the way up to the mines this time.
@@IgnitedCoyote You've already went above and beyond in my opinion. Can't thank you all enough for what you already did. I feel blessed to have found this channel.
Thank you so much. We had a lot of fun driving up there and doing this video it was our pleasure.
When it snowed I woke up with snow on my bed
I was raised and still live in Pathfork . My family attends the Blackstar Church where you ended. This was always a mining community , now some of our beauty of the mountains has been destroyed by strip mines and now the loggers ! Shame when you get up in the mountains and see all the damage that has been done .Such good country folks live here that would do anything for their neighbors. Hunters and ATV riders come from all over to enjoy our mountains. Thanks for this video and look forward to more.
Linda Eads Howard
Your right! The damage that has been done to the mountains is heartbreaking! Thanks so much for sharing your comment with us.
Molus off 119 down from pathfork would be a nice drive too !
That's a great idea thanks! If I get to do it I'll give you a shout out.
That is where I am from, Fl now 🙂
We were so poor growing up we could watch the chickens through the cracks in the floor. Enjoyed riding along with you and the missus!!
Thanks!!
8 miles, 8 churches- My daddy (J.C. Craig) is the pastor of Blackstar Pentecostal Church⛪️♥️
"8 Miles 8 churches" I wish I would have knew about that when I did the video I would have used it. The BlackStar Church is such a beautiful country Church. Thanks so much for taking the time to comment!
J.C. Craig use to preach our Homecomings meeting here in Alabama. Always enjoyed it. I think I still have some cassette tapes of him. It’s been years ago.
Yes Kenny! I was just a youngun’ then, but I remember going to Alabama during our Summer vacation from school- I’m gonna guess that was about 30 yrs ago :-)
@@lizae.7686 you are probably right. It was when Paul Watkins was our pastor.
Bro JC has such a great testimony.
You get a chance, I sure would like to see how Balkan looks like now. My wife Linda Blakley was born there.
We'll check that out, thanks for watching!
My Great grandfather built Blackstar Pentecostal Church!
Thank you so much for doing this. So many memories for me there.
Thanks for the idea! we had a lot of fun doing this one.
I really like your videos
Thank you!!
WOW loved the church. Best of both worlds RR tracks and a creek. That is just awesome. Do y'all think that maybe back in the day that was an old RR depot stop? It looks like it might have been at one time. I am gonna have to dig up some old historic RR maps and see if it was. Beautiful scenery y'all. Thanks for the ride. God bless
You might be right about the depot, let us know what you find out. Thanks for watching and God bless!
@@IgnitedCoyote I will let you know. God bless
Great video Coyote! Thanks for the tour! Prayers sent for Beverly and her family.
Thank you so very much.
Thanks!
Pathfork 👍 what a nice area 🙌 Thanks for sharing your time there. FW
Thanks for sharing. We love all the content you share.
Thank you!
That whole holler is called puckett's creek. The name of the community is Alva Ky. If you go back down the road to rt 2005 make a left it will take you up thru pathfork over the mountain into the head of Martin's fork. Make left on 987 go back down thru Sampson Ky then into Smith. The cawood. I grew up in Sampson.
Exactly right. Took that route many, many times. Also takes you to the road going up to Hensley's Settlement if you turn right when you reach the end of 2005.
I am so subscribed, dude!! My grandma use to live behind the blackmont baptist church, and my mom and dad are buried up on tackett hill. You guys are my biggest heros right now, thank you for taking me back. I'm in tears right now. I don't guess you all would know any Baileys, or wilders, would you?
There's a Bailey that I think used to be on the physical Court I think his name may have been Abe Bailey Jr but I'm not sure on that, and there's Clark who works for the city police.
Thank you so much for the very kind words! Keep in touch and let us know how we're doing.
My Mom was a Wilder. Know them well.
@@stanblanton7798 My Dad was just telling me the other day that the Wilders are somehow related; I think through his Bowman side. Seems like I have heard the Blantons mentioned in family stories as well. My Great Grandmother was Minnie Bowman, married to George W Moore.
@@loriprem1644 Very interesting. Love hearing things like this. My grandmother was a Saylor. Ida Bell Saylor. She married Coyt Wilder. They lived at Blacksnake. My mom married a Blanton from Pathfork.
My mammaws name was minie Bailey. She worked at paul greens store, and she always carried a snub-nosed 38, and there was a cop that would drop by and visit her every time she worked, his name was marinade, but I don't know his last name
That's a great story about your grandmother she sounds like a fantastic lady.
Paul green's store, back when you could have a tab and pay at the end of the month! Different times! I was raised in blackmont.
In a video after this one, you reference somewhere called cabbage creek. I've never heard of that, but I've been to cubbage ky, and another place called brownies creek. I've seen a lot of places that my dad use to take me to shoot guns, I grew up in a gun tottin' family. My mom's family lived over in arthur Tennessee, close to Harrogate
I'll check the video and see, a lot of times we'll read the signs of side roads as we drive by if they sound interesting and that may be the case on that. When I was a kid I don't think my family knew anyone that didn't own a gun and that includes a little old widow in her 80s that lived down the road from us!
I'm from cubbage (brownies creek)
There was once a big coal mine in Pathfork but someone put it down and lots of people lost their jobs ..I have friends that live there
like you videos
Thank you so very much. Means a lot to me. We truly do love you guys. My cousins go to that church you stopped at.
Thanks! It's a beautiful Church.
@@IgnitedCoyote what kind of camera do you use? It does such beautiful video's
The guy I like lives in pathfork I live in cawood
I wish KY 72 gets connected, but instead of it connecting across the mountain, it should go under the mountain! Like a tunnel! Eureka! I have found the suggestion for sure! Why not build a tunnel that will connect KY 72 above Pathfork with KY 72 in Liggett, and name it the Coal Miners Memorial Tunnel! And while we're at it, why not connect KY 219 with KY 72, and extend it right onto Pathfork! That way, people in Pathfork won't have to travel to either Pineville or Middlesboro to shop or go to a doctor! #JustSaying
That's great! I love it!
@@IgnitedCoyote Thanks! I appreciate it!
A " tin" roof is steel that's been coated in zinc. The old school way was to dip the sheets of steel in molten zinc, but the usual method is electroplating. As long as the zinc isn't scraped off, a galvanized roof can last a century or so.
Sometimes, an old shack that looks like a sneeze would knock it over will stand up to storms and everything..
That's fascinating, and that's very true about those shack being a lot stronger than they look. Thanks!!
Cool video thanks for sharing.
Thanks!
I absolutely love the videos from back home, I'm from Leslie County, so I'm a bona-fide hillbilly I don't get back there but the videos I appreciate
If you couldn't tell by my voice I'm as hillbilly as you get, thanks so much for watching!
Thank You Coyote my Grandfather was born in Harlem on my Moms side
Hi Y'all! 🙂👍❤ Always enjoy spending time with y'all. 😂 My doc better never let my records out to Dan. That church is nice... the whole area is pretty. Hope y'all are having a good day! Love & hugs ❤
Thanks! We're doing good, but sometimes it's hard to keep your spirits up if you know what I mean.
I absolutely understand my friend. I think I get a lil seasonal depression about this time of the year... rain, clouds, snow get tiresome. Springs a'coming soon 😀
Y'alls videos have kept Dan & I laughing and smiling and glued to the screen. Thank you for making our day better with each video. Y'all are amazing and appreciated.
Grab some coffee and let's kick this day in gear! God bless y'all.
Enjoyed the ride.
Thanks!
Not sure if you knew her or not. But I also lost my sweet Aunt Jessie Lou Messer Monday morning. The day you went to Loyall showing the train tracks and the old RC plant. When you turned around at the rc plant straight down that road you showed my Aunts house.
I don't think I knew her, but I'll mention her to my older brother he remembers a lot of folks I don't know.
@@IgnitedCoyote Bill Messer was her husband's name. Her brother is Orville Clem. Seems like everyone knows him
WOW NOTHING THERE
Do you know any moore's or Huff's in harlan county kentucky or coldiron
Don't know any personally but I have heard of both of them. I think there's at least two sets of Moores in Harlan county that's not related to each other.
@@IgnitedCoyote thank you
There’s Moore’s in the Pathfork, Ky area @Jake! Margie Moore has been the piano player @ Blackstar Pentecostal Church for many years♥️
My Dad's family is originally from that area. I believe some relatives are still down there. Moore's & Bowmans.
I been getting warned about them PathForkians my whole life.
I believe the " Coal Miners Memorial Highway " has another beginning off the main Hwy. in Harlan on the right side heading east. Right? Love the vids.
That's right, I should have mentioned that in the video, 72 starts at the Harlan bypass and goes to liggett, stops there and turns into a trail only accessible with off road vehicles turns into a good road again above pathfork and comes out in Bell County, so 72 is one road divided by a mountain. I'm also told you can access it from 987 through Smith, but that's a long, lonely ride on a curvy and treacherous road. the only practical and safe access is through Bell County off 119. Thanks I appreciate it. God bless,!
@@IgnitedCoyote We went up past the mine until you reach one heck of a hill. It was late so we turned around even though we were in our jeep. There are mines up in there. Some one was exploring one. Pretty cool adventure. We are going to head up that steep mountain soon. We want to check out those mines also. There were not any No Trespassing signs. A great photo op. God Bless you all as well.
If you go back and cross the hill let me know if the map I looked at was right and you come out anywhere near legit. Thanks!
@@IgnitedCoyote Will do.
why dont ya do a video of catrons creek brother?
That's a great idea! We'll drive up and check it out. thanks!