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In a cabin on a hill in Butcher Holler. Later in the song, she also mentions Van Lear, the larger community in which Butcher Hollow is located: My daddy worked all night in the Van Lear coal mines. All day long in the fields a-hoein corn [3] Butcher Hollow took the name of a nearby valley which was named for the local Butcher family. [4]
The video also included footage taken from the replica of Lynn's childhood cabin in Butcher Hollow, Kentucky. Lynn reflected on the song and the video in a press statement: "It’s amazing how much has happened in the fifty years since ‘Coal Miner’s Daughter’ first came out and I'm extremely grateful to be given a part to play in the ...
The total population of the Van Lear postal district (including Butcher Hollow) is over 3000. The Van Lear mines are referred to by country music singer Loretta Lynn in her songs " Coal Miner's Daughter " and in the title song of her Van Lear Rose album, by Tyler Childers in the song "Coal" from his " Bottles and Bibles " album, and by Dwight ...
“My home never changed: my great-grandmother’s house, in the holler, in Jackson, Kentucky,” Vance wrote in his 2016 memoir.
Lynn was born Loretta Webb in Butcher Hollow, Kentucky, on April 14, 1932. [3] She was the oldest daughter and second child born to Clara Marie "Clary" (née Ramey; May 5, 1912 – November 24, 1981) and Melvin Theodore "Ted" Webb (June 6, 1906 – February 22, 1959). Ted was a coal miner and subsistence farmer. [4]
According to the Geographic Names Information System of the US Board on Geographic Names (part of the USGS, itself under the Department of the Interior), the official name is Butcher Hollow, indeed a search for Butcher Holler returns no results. Butcher Holler appears to be a local dialectal variation, and does indeed appear on signage in the ...
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This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Powell County, Kentucky, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map.