Big Sandy Heritage Center
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The Big Sandy Heritage Center is a museum located in Pikeville
, Kentucky
that portrays the history and culture of Eastern Kentucky. The museum is housed in Pikeville's historic railroad station.
The museum portrays the people, places, and events that makes the area unique. Exhibits include the American Civil War
, Hatfield-McCoy feud
, Eastern Kentucky railways, and coal mining
.
It is open Monday-Friday (10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.), nights and weekends by appointment only. Admission is $3.00 for adults and $2.00 for children and seniors.
Pikeville, Kentucky
Pikeville is a city in Pike County, Kentucky. The population was 6,903 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Pike County.-History:On March 25, 1822, the county's government officials decided to build a new county seat named Liberty, one and one-half mile below the mouth of the Russell Fork...
, Kentucky
Kentucky
The Commonwealth of Kentucky is a state located in the East Central United States of America. As classified by the United States Census Bureau, Kentucky is a Southern state, more specifically in the East South Central region. Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a commonwealth...
that portrays the history and culture of Eastern Kentucky. The museum is housed in Pikeville's historic railroad station.
The museum portrays the people, places, and events that makes the area unique. Exhibits include the American Civil War
American Civil War
The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...
, Hatfield-McCoy feud
Hatfield-McCoy feud
The Hatfield–McCoy feud involved two families of the West Virginia–Kentucky back country along the Tug Fork, off the Big Sandy River. The Hatfields of West Virginia were led by William Anderson "Devil Anse" Hatfield while the McCoys of Kentucky under the leadership of Randolph "Ole Ran'l" McCoy....
, Eastern Kentucky railways, and coal mining
Coal mining
The goal of coal mining is to obtain coal from the ground. Coal is valued for its energy content, and since the 1880s has been widely used to generate electricity. Steel and cement industries use coal as a fuel for extraction of iron from iron ore and for cement production. In the United States,...
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It is open Monday-Friday (10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.), nights and weekends by appointment only. Admission is $3.00 for adults and $2.00 for children and seniors.