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Deep
in the Heart of Somewhere
Number 1:
Odds, Kentucky
and
Van Lear County
by
John Troesser
Photo courtesy of the Van Lear County Historical Society |
| We came to
know Odds, Kentucky from a recent letter from Danny Belvins, a Van
Lear County historian and President of the Van Lear County Historical
Society. In his letter he mentioned a connection to Odds,
Texas and how former Kentuckians that settled that town would
make the arduous trip home to attend reunions. |
| Consolidated
Coal Mine #1 where Loretta Lynn’s father once worked
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| Offices of the
Coal Company now house the Van Lear County Historical Society as well
as the coal miner’s museum. |
| When
we found that Mr. Blevins had authored the Arcadia title on Van Lear
County in their Images
of America series, it gave us the opportunity to take action on
a long-simmering project that we had placed on the back burner years
ago – namely calling attention to the Arcadia
project – an understated and unadvertised undertaking that is
nothing short of organizing the collective “family album” of small
town America (or at least those who want to be included). |
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We are happy
to make Odds the first in what is to be a long-running feature which
we hope will introduce our readers to the cooperative efforts of
local historians / authors and the people at Arcadia Publishing
that make these titles available to us all.
John Troesser
March
14, 2011
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