Leslie County (Ky.) -- History.
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Frontier Nursing Service collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: BCA 0015 SAA 014
Abstract
The collection is comprised of correspondence, printed materials, articles, clippings and photographs relating to Kentucky's Frontier Nursing Service (FNS) and its founder, Mary Breckinridge (1881-1965).
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: Majority of material found within 1923 - 1988
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