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25 Ιουλ 2023 · This outdoor museum tells the history of the isolated coal mining community through photographs, old structures, and an audio guide made by actual residents. The train depot has craft and gift shops, and your ticket also grants you admission to the nearby McCreary County Museum .
22 Μαΐ 2017 · Stearns sat on the location of the old town of Hemlock, at the crossroads of the Somerset-Jacksboro Road and the east-west road from Williamsburg to Monticello. Today’s McCreary County Museum is located in the 1907 Stearns Coal & Lumber Company office building.
28 Οκτ 2009 · It was a state-of-the-art facility when it opened in the late 1930s. The coal was transported to Stearns, a once-booming company town, via the old Kentucky & Tennessee Railroad and then shipped to markets in Cincinnati and Chattanooga.
20 Σεπ 2021 · Jewell Kidd’s Grocery & Deli in Stearns, Kentucky, is a nearly century-old store that recently reopened, offering a nostalgic shopping experience.
12 Δεκ 2023 · Stearns, like so many communities in Eastern Kentucky in the early part of the 20th century, the coal industry was their lifeline. Eventually and over decades, the coal mines closed and once thriving Kentucky towns now are faced with years of decline and hardship.
17 Ιουν 2023 · - Yes, Stearns is home to the Stearns Historic District, which includes the Stearns Coal and Lumber Company Store and the Stearns Coal and Lumber Company Office Building. Visitors can tour these historic buildings and learn about the town's coal mining and logging past.
The railroad's stopover point, the old Blue Heron Mining Camp, is part of the Big South Fork Scenic Recreation Area Park and contains a gift shop and snack bar with picnic shelter, walking trails and much more.
