Coal Country Tattoo Expo 2026
August 22 – August 24
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Photo Blog Series: Beautiful Pike County, KY – Jeffery Justice
read more >>: Photo Blog Series: Beautiful Pike County, KY – Jeffery JusticeWe continue our photo blog series “Beautiful Pike County, KY” with a sampling of photographer Jeffery Justice’s excellent camera work. Justice has dedicated his career to supporting economic growth in Eastern Kentucky, serving as a business and innovation champion at SOAR Innovation, a non-profit organization dedicated to assisting innovation-driven small businesses and entrepreneurs in Appalachia…
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Photo Blog Series: Beautiful Pike County, KY – Larry Epling
read more >>: Photo Blog Series: Beautiful Pike County, KY – Larry EplingThe second installment of our photo blog series features Larry Epling, a long time photographer and supporter of local tourism here in Eastern Kentucky. Epling has volunteered his photography skills and many hours to Pike County Tourism CVB over the past several years, capturing not only special events such as Hillbilly Days and Hatfield and…
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Photo Blog Series: Beautiful Pike County, KY – Chuck Henson
read more >>: Photo Blog Series: Beautiful Pike County, KY – Chuck HensonThis is the first installment of a series of photo blog posts we are making showcasing beautiful Pike County, Kentucky. As is true about our musical talent, the Eastern Kentucky region is ripe with photographers who are, in our humble opinion, among the best in the country. As with any art form, photography requires not…
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Jimmy Wolford: A Man Who Matched the Mountains
read more >>: Jimmy Wolford: A Man Who Matched the MountainsWritten by Ron McCoy and Pike County Tourism CVB The Tug Valley has lost one of its brightest stars, as singer/songwriter Jimmy Wolford has passed away on March 5th, 2020. Wolford was also known as a storyteller, and one of the region’s pioneers in reviving the Hatfield McCoy heritage, which has drawn the interest of…
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Hatfield & McCoy Feud Descendants Tell Their Story
read more >>: Hatfield & McCoy Feud Descendants Tell Their StoryAfter a long day of clearing brush and cleaning gravestones, Ron McCoy takes a moment to stand before the towering statue of Anderson “Devil Anse” Hatfield, which sits atop the famous feudist’s resting place. This interesting and deeply moving moment was captured without, at the time, Ron’s knowledge. What ran through Ron’s head as he…
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Hatfields and McCoys React to American Experience “The Feud”
read more >>: Hatfields and McCoys React to American Experience “The Feud”Photo of feudist descendants Reo Hatfield and Ron McCoy. The views expressed in this article do not reflect the views of all Hatfield/McCoy descendants, or all feud historians, but are the specific views of those being quoted. The feuding Hatfields and McCoys have enthralled America with stories of violence, forbidden love, family strife, politics and…
