Jenkins History
The town of Jenkins was so picturesque that the “Daily Independent” a newspaper from Ashland Kentucky wrote about lakeside in an editorial “The clubhouse and lakefront look more like a summer resort than a mining camp.”
Jenkins History
The Consolidation Coal Company had purchased 100,000 acres of land, cut off from the rest of the industrial world
David A Zegeer Coal-Railroad Museum
We would like to thank: The David A Zegeer Coal-Railroad Museum and Eileen Williams Sanders… Without your help none of our work on the History of Jenkins would have been possible. And to Debbie Tuggle for letting us use the brochure she designed for the museum. Situated just off US 23 on the KY VA border is […]
Jenkins History
The most unique thing about Jenkins Ky is that in January 1910 it did not exist.
A Brief History of Jenkins Ky
In the fall of 1910, the Consolidation Coal Company, (known as Consol), purchased one hundred thousand acres of coal lands in Letcher County
Interview with David Zegeer
Dave Zegeer and his wife rode the S.V.&E. railroad into Jenkins in 1946. He started work as a surveyor for CONSOL but eventually rose to Division Superintendent for the Beth-Elkhorn Coal Company.
