30K views · 299 reactions | Harlan County USA is the best documentary I’ve ever watched. It covers the coal mine strike of 1973 in Harlan County, Kentucky. This video is a great preview of what it is like. You should watch it if you get the chance and are interested in the history of coal mining. | Hillbilly Talk with Shane and Melody | Facebook

7.9K views · 108 reactions | Known as "Bloody Harlan" dating back to the violent labor disputes between coal operators and miners back in the 1930s. Harlan is the heart of Harlan County and has a long history in coal mining. The coal mines are drying up these days and the city and county are transitioning to adapt. You can check this video out to see around the town. | The Appalachian Project | Facebook

Newsreel footage from 1924 taken at Wallins Creek in Harlan County, Kentucky... Deep in coal country... #kentucky #coal | Travis Chumley

Part 16 of my "Heritage" travel campaign. I visited the Cumberland Gap and also nearby Harlan County, Kentucky. Both places have a great deal of history and culture to them. The Cumberland Gap is a passage through the Cumberland Mountains, a part of the Appalatian Mountains, that covers parts of three separate states, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virgninia. https://www.nps.gov/cuga/index.htm It was beneficial to military troops during both the American Revolutionary War and the American Civil War, d