Bell County (Ky.) -- History
Subject
Subject Source: Lcnaf
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Henderson Settlement School Records, 1925-1984
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0049 SAA 049
Abstract
Methodist minister, Hiram Frakes, founded Henderson Settlement in 1925, chiefly as a community center and educational institution. It is located in southern Bell County, Kentucky, a few miles northeast of Jellico, Tennessee. The area was quite isolated at the time and had come to be known locally as “South America.”
Frakes, was educated in Kansas and southern Indiana and before becoming a miniser, had worked as a telegraph operator for the Santa Fe Railroad. A chance hearing of...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1925 - 1984
Red Bird Mission Records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0044 SAA 044
Abstract
The Board of Missions of the mid-western based Evangelical Church began considering the eastern Kentucky’s Red Bird River region for a home mission project in 1919. On the recommendation of Rev. William Buyers, a Presbyterian minister from Hyden, Leslie County, Kentucky, a Board appointed committee visited the area and found that residents were receptive to the idea of a mission. The first Mission worship service was held in a tiny schoolhouse at Beverly in Bell County on May 29, 1921. The...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1920-1985