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03-16-2010, 09:15 PM

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Cookie64

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Then I bet you know where Harlan county is. My dad was a coal miner there. My sister gave me several large blocks with a coal miner holding a pick wants me to make into a quilt or something.

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03-16-2010, 11:54 PM

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LogCabinLady

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Welcome from Utah.

03-17-2010, 04:45 AM

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kygirl

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Hi Cookie, and thank you for the welcome. My Dad and three brothers worked for the Benuhm/Lynch(misspelled) mines their entire careers. We were in Harlan Co. as much as Letcher. My DH & I know every inch of those hills. One of my goals into quilting has been taking pics and using a lot of old newspaper articles to design a quilt to honor all the coal miners back in the boom days.

03-17-2010, 07:01 AM

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Cookie64

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That would make a beautiful quilt. Did you go to Hall High school if so we have a web page you could be invited to.

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03-17-2010, 04:06 PM

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kygirl

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Sorry Cookie aka, KYangel, No We were from Letcher Co. My Sis went to nursing school in Harlan, hence the reason I spent so much time over there, and shopping in Cumberland on Paydays.