The Louisville Leader was an African-American newspaper published from 1917 to 1950 by I. Willis Cole in Louisville, Kentucky. This issue says Vol. 32. No. 18. but is actually Vol. 32. No. 21. There is a tear across the center of each page that...
A steersman guides a raft into the treacherous "Narrows" near Patty's Rock on the South Fork of the Kentucky River near Oneida. A johnboat sits on the raft. Timber was rafted down river every spring.
A steersman guides a log raft into the treacherous "Narrows" near Patty's Rock on the South Fork of the Kentucky River near Oneida. A johnboat sits on the raft. Timber was rafted down river every spring.
A steersman guides a log raft into the "Narrows" on the South Fork of the Kentucky River near Oneida. A johnboat sits on the raft. Timber was rafted down river every spring.
Five yoke of oxen haul a butt log to the river. The logs were rafted down river to market in spring. Oak, beech and chestnut were the principal trees timbered. Cattle were worked until the early 1930s.
Five yoke of oxen haul a butt log to the river. The logs were rafted down river to market in spring. Oak, beech and chestnut were the principal trees timbered. Cattle were worked until the early 1930s.
