Guests: Mike Feltner & Mike Miller/Ohio Night Stalkers, Daniel Lee Hall/Artisan, Kentucky Division of Forestry, Zach D Starrick/Appalachian Devil Dogs & Frontiersmen’s Tales, Dr. Lucas Wilder/Wild Wonders of Pine Mountain & Ancient Appalachians Megan Falce/Flora & Fauna of Pine Mountain, Jennifer McDaniels/Peculiar People of a Peculiar Land, , Matthew Delph/Creatures of the Forest, Dr. Joseph Stamey/Strange Lights in the Sky, Judith Hensley/Panther Tales, Nancy Lawson/History of Little Shepard Trail & Memories of the Ranger Station, Tony Felosi/Mountain Mysteries.
Additional Contact: Tony Felosi with Harlan County Fiscal Court at 606.573.2600
Excited about how our WILD Pine Mountain – Primitive Lands Of Harlan County, KY Lecture Series (A Harlan County Bicentennial Event) is shaping up! Check out our lineup of speakers we have already confirmed! We are hoping to finalize the lineup of lecturers this week plus scheduling. The purpose of this lecture series……which will take place on May 3rd and 4th at the historic Putney Ranger Station……is to celebrate and learn more about Harlan County’s natural and more primitive history before coal and civilization. We’re also going to throw in a little bit of Mountain Mysteries and Strange Creatures to entice! We have lecturers scheduled who know a great deal about Harlan County’s natural history, as well as excellent lecturers coming from Cumberland Gap National Historic Park, Pine Mountain Settlement School, KY Division of Forestry, as well as from other states such as Virginia, Ohio and Illinois. Please like our event page because more exciting announcements are going to be made soon concerning this historic Harlan County Bicentennial event!
As part of Harlan County’s Bicentennial Celebration this year, THE HARLAN COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL and HARLAN COUNTY FISCAL COURT have teamed up to host a day of lectures promoting the wild, primitive lands of the area before coal was king. The lectures will take place at the historic Putney Ranger Station, which once was a focal point for Harlan County’s forestry activities. Wild Pine Mountain will feature lectures that explore the primitive lands of the Harlan area before coal and civilization. The Appalachian Mountains……especially Pine Mountain in East Kentucky…..have long been a place of natural wonder and enchantment. Its geology is fascinating! Its landscape is wild and wonderful! Its history is mystical and intriguing! Before the coal industry brought people by the masses to settle in our hills and hollows, Pine Mountain RAN WILD with natural phenomenon…….some scientific…..some unexplained……such is the case with most primitive histories.
The Wild Pine Mountain Lecture Series will take place all day on Saturday, May 4th at the Historic Putney Ranger Station. Standing below The Little Shepherd Trail and on the border of the Kentenia Forest (which is Kentucky’s oldest state forest), the Putney Ranger Station once was a focal point for forestry activity in the early days of Harlan County and is currently under renovation by Harlan County Government to be utilized as a future forestry museum. There will be educational lectures all day pertaining to the wild natural wonders of Pine Mountain, history of Kentenia State Forest, history of Little Shepherd Trail and The Ranger’s Station, Pine Mountain Flora and Fauna, Indian Ancestry, Mountain Medicine And Herbal Remedies, Early Frontier Life, Secrets Of The Appalachia Mountains, Strange Lights, Giants, and Bigfoot!
More info to come soon as we confirm speakers……….