Adair Bath Bell Boyd Breathitt Carter Casey
Clark Clay Clinton Cumberland Edmonson Elliott Estill Fleming Floyd Garrard Green Greenup Harlan Hart Johnson Knott Knox Laurel Lawrence Lee Leslie Letcher Lewis Madison Magoffin Martin Mason Menifee Montgomery Morgan Owsley Perry Pike Pulaski Rowan Russell Wolfe
Jackson Lincoln McCreary Monroe Powell Rockcastle Russell Wayne Whitley
Design & Development
By Gloria Stepp Design
Architecture
Artists
Historical PhotosHistorical Music Recordings
Oral Histories
Public Art
Wolfe County StatisticsKentucky PostSecondary Education Profile (CPE) .PDF file
Fedstats
Architecture back to top
Hazel Green Academy Historic Buildings Photos
Hazel Green Academy
KY 191, Hazel Green
College preparatory school
Organized in 1880 by J. Taylor Day, William O. Mize, and Green Berry Swango.
Architecture: NA
William L. Hurst Law OfficePhotos
N. Washington Street
Campton, KY
Architecture: Italianate
Trinity Rockhouses Photos
Slade vicinity, KY
Architecture: Prehistoric
Artists back to top
Earnest Patton 4217 Ky. 1261
Campton, KY 41301-9523
Donny Tolson Campton
Viper Graphics 388 Stovall Rd
Hazel Green, KY 41332
606-668-9010
Printing services, screen printing,
custom signs
Art and Craft Supplies back to top
Arts Instruction back to top
Appalachian Heritage Alliance, Inc.1003 Campton, KY 41031
606-725-4860
Email
Visual art and art education programs and workshops
Gladie Cultural-Environmental
Learning Center Contact: Gladie Learning Center
3451 Sky Bridge Road
Stanton, KY 40380
606-663-8100
Events
Craft and other workshops offered
Living Archaeology Weekend Gladie Historic Site in the Red River Gorge, September
Woodland area historic Native American technology demonstrations by
craftsmen include bow/arrow making, baskets and weaving, pottery, and hide tanning.
Arts Organizations back to top
Appalachian Heritage Alliance, Inc. 1003 Campton, KY 41031
606-725-4860
Email
Visual art and art education programs
and workshops
Swift Creek Quilters Guild Meet at Wolfe County U.K. Extension office on second and fourth Tuesday each month from 10:00 A.M. until noon. Display and Selling Venues back to top
Diana’s Crafts-Gifts and More 777 S KY 15
Campton, KY 41301
606-668-3589
Craft gallery, and venue for selling/buying crafts
Gladie Cultural-Environmental
Learning Center 3451 Sky Bridge Road
Stanton, KY 40380
606-663-8100
Events
Local crafts available for purchase, rotating exhibits
and workshops
Swift Creek Arts and Crafts Gallery 606-725-4860
Mailing address:
Box 1003, Campton, KY 41301
25 North Washington Street
Campton, KY
Email
Art gallery, venue for artists to demonstrate and sell work
General Resources back to top
Wolfe County Public Library 176 KY Hwy 15 North
P.O. Box 10
Campton, KY 41301
Phone: 606-668-6751
Fax: 606-668-6561
Wolfe County Tourism 341 Main St.
Campton, KY 41301
606-668-6475
Historical Photos back to top
Loading Rock, Wolfe County, KY (1935 Works Progress Administration photo) This and other photos are available in the University of Louisville's Digital Collections.
Historical Music Recordings back to top
“Unidentified Tune in D from Noah Jamison,” fiddle tune played by Audley Cable, recorded by Bruce Greene on 04-27-85, Bruce Greene Collection, Berea College Southern Appalachian Archives
“All I’ve Got’s Done Gone,” fiddle tune played by Darley Fulks, recorded by John Harrod on 05-25-77, John Harrod Collection, Berea College Southern Appalachian Archives
“Andrew Jackson,” fiddle tune played by Darley Fulks, recorded by Bruce Greene on 01-05-77, Bruce Greene Collection SAA 90, Berea College Southern Appalachian Archives
“Andrew Jackson,” fiddle tune played by Darley Fulks, recorded by John Harrod on 03-23-77, John Harrod Collection, Berea College Southern Appalachian Archives
“Billy In the Low Ground,” fiddle tune played by Bob Kash, recorded by John Harrod on 05-24-77, John Harrod Collection, Berea College Southern Appalachian Archives
“Bonaparte’s March,” fiddle tune played by Audley Cable, recorded by Bruce Greene on 04-27-85, Bruce Greene Collection, Berea College Southern Appalachian Archives
“Castillian Waltz,” fiddle tune played by Darley Fulks, recorded by John Harrod on 05-25-77, John Harrod Collection, Berea College Southern Appalachian Archives
“Christmas in the Mountains,” fiddle tune played by Darley Fulks, recorded by John Harrod on 03-23-77, John Harrod Collection, Berea College Southern Appalachian Archives
“Down South Rag,” fiddle tune played by Darley Fulks, recorded by John Harrod on 05-19-77, John Harrod Collection, Berea College Southern Appalachian Archives
“Everybody’s Favorite,” fiddle tune played by Darley Fulks, recorded by Bruce Greene on 01-05-77, Bruce Greene Collection, Berea College Southern Appalachian Archives
“Fontaine’s Ferry,” fiddle tune played by Darley Fulks, recorded by John Harrod on 03-23-77, John Harrod Collection, Berea College Southern Appalachian Archives
“Forked Deer C,” fiddle tune played by Darley Fulks, recorded by Bruce Greene on 01-05-77, Bruce Greene Collection SAA 90, Berea College Southern Appalachian Archives
“Go Away Pharoah,” fiddle tune played by Darley Fulks, recorded by Bruce Greene on 04-01-77, Bruce Greene Collection SAA 90, Berea College Southern Appalachian Archives
“Lower Edge of Breathitt,” fiddle tune played by Audley Cable, recorded by Bruce Greene on 04-27-85, Bruce Greene Collection SAA 90, Berea College Southern Appalachian Archives
“President Garfield’s Favorite,” fiddle tune played by Darley Fulks, recorded by John Harrod on 05-25-77, John Harrod Collection, Berea College Southern Appalachian Archives
“Rocky Ford,” fiddle tune played by Darley Fulks, recorded by Bruce Greene on 01-05-77, Bruce Greene Collection SAA 90, Berea College Southern Appalachian Archives
“Rocky For Shoals,” fiddle tune played by Darley Fulks, recorded by Bruce Greene on 04-01-77, Bruce Greene Collection, Berea College Southern Appalachian Archives
“Rooshian Rabbit,” fiddle tune played by Darley Fulks, recorded by Bruce Greene on 01-05-77, Bruce Greene Collection, Berea College Southern Appalachian Archives
“Rooshian Rabbit,” fiddle tune played by Darley Fulks, recorded by Bruce Greene on 01-05-77, Bruce Greene Collection, Berea College Southern Appalachian Archives
“Shady Lane,” fiddle tune played by Darley Fulks, recorded by John Harrod on 04-19-77, John Harrod Collection, Berea College Southern Appalachian Archives
“She Danced All Night in the Fiddler’s Shoes,” fiddle tune played by Darley Fulks, recorded by Bruce Greene on 04-01-77, Bruce Greene Collection SAA 90, Berea College Southern Appalachian Archives
“Snowstorm,” fiddle tune played by Darley Fulks, recorded by John Harrod on 03-23-77, John Harrod Collection, Berea College Southern Appalachian Archives
“Soldiers Joy,” fiddle tune played by Audley Cable, recorded by Bruce Greene on 04-27-85, Bruce Greene Collection, Berea College Southern Appalachian Archives
“The Grand Old Jubilee,” fiddle tune played by Darley Fulks, recorded by John Harrod on 05-25-77, John Harrod Collection, Berea College Southern Appalachian Archives
“The Snowstorm,” fiddle tune played by Darley Fulks, recorded by Bruce Greene on 01-05-77, Bruce Greene Collection, Berea College Southern Appalachian Archives
“When I see My Cowboy Come,” fiddle tune played by Darley Fulks, recorded by John Harrod on 03-23-77, John Harrod Collection, Berea College Southern Appalachian ArchivesOral Histories back to top
Carla Nickell-Collinsworth, Quilter, Interview by Ashleigh Mullins
Transcript LinkJanine Musser, Art Director, Quilter, BasketmakerVideo
Audio and Images
Darley Fulks, Musician, Interview by John Harrod
Transcript LinkTranscribed by Jessica Ratliff, Morehead State University Regional Engagement Fellowship Student
Collection held at Kentucky Center for Traditional Music at
Morehead State University
Topics included are: cancer remedies, Wolf County, Montgomery County fiddlers, race relations, Bill Hurst, Moonshine, North and South relations, Northern and Southern styles, Kessinger Brothers, education, family, silver mines, fast music verses slow music. Finding Aids to Collections in the Archive of Folk Culture
KENTUCKY COLLECTIONS
IN THE ARCHIVE OF FOLK CULTURE
Compiled by: Gregory Jenkins, Joseph C. Hickerson, and Ann C. Taft
Series Editor: Ann Hoog
Revised: December 2010
AFS 19,624-19,631: Guthrie Meade and John Harrod Duplication ProjectEight 10-inch tapes of fiddle tunes recorded in Kentucky by Guthrie T. Meade and John Harrod, 1977-78. Performers include Darley Fulks of Campton, Kelly Gilbert of Frankfort, Everett Kays of Anderson County, and Bill Livers of Monterey. (16 hours; LWO 12,997)
http://www.loc.gov/folklife/guides/Kentucky.html
AFS 24,351B2: One tape containing an oral history with Jethro Beverly and Rose Beverly of Pine Ridge, Kentucky, discussing school, childhood games, holidays, life in the past, and coal mining stories. Recorded February 2, 1984. Collected by the Appalachian Oral History Project, Lees College Library, Jackson, Kentucky.
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AFS 24,351B3 One tape containing an oral history with Wilford Lawson and Carol Lawson, of Trent, Kentucky, discussing childhood games, radio, songs, life during the war, gardening, school, and tobacco farming. Recorded February 2, 1984. Collected by the Appalachian Oral History Project, Lees College Library, Jackson, Kentucky.
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http://www.loc.gov/folklife/guides/Kentucky.html
Public Art back to top
Eastern Kentucky Heritage Monument P.O. Box 1220
Campton, KY 41301
Contact: David Musser, Project Director
606-725-4860
Proposed artist: Sam McKinney
Email
Slide Show back to top Special Events back to top
Special Projects back to top
Eastern Kentucky Heritage Monument P.O. Box 1220Campton, KY 41301
Contact: David Musser, Project Director
606-725-4860
Proposed artist: Sam McKinney