Three Rivers

Dan Lee has degrees in history from Murray State University and Western Kentucky University. He lives in Hardin County, Kentucky.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments viiPreface 1Part One—The Rolling ForkIntroduction 5One. The Struggle Begins 7Two. Trailblazers 12Three. Whiskey and Salt 22Four. The Catholics Arrive 27Five. The Struggles of Thomas Lincoln 34Six. Steamboats and Railroads 41Seven. Thunder in the Valley 46Eight. Struggling Just to Live 60Nine. Too Dry, Then Too Wet 64Ten. The Rolling Fork Today 71Part Two—The Nolin RiverIntroduction 83Eleven. The First People 85Twelve. The River Gets a New Name 90Thirteen. Devil on the Loose 96Fourteen. Two Presidents, Two Fathers 103Fifteen. The Remarkable Stephen 109Sixteen. Blue and Gray on the Nolin 118Seventeen. The Prosperous Years 129Eighteen. Progress 139Nineteen. Hard Times 145Twenty. The Nolin Today 152Part Three—Rough RiverIntroduction 159­Twenty-One. The Legend of Spanish Fort 160­Twenty-Two. Settlers and Speculators 163­Twenty-Three. Murder at Pine Knob 174­Twenty-Four. Falls of Rough 182­Twenty-Five. The Price of War 189­Twenty-Six. Confederates 200­Twenty-Seven. Sinews of Steel 207­Twenty-Eight. Dying Time 218­Twenty-Nine. That High, Lonesome Sound 225Thirty. Rough River Today 234Chapter Notes 241Bibliography and Note to Readers 259Index 273