Interview with Lonnie Ashcraft

Partial Transcript: What's your earliest remembrances of the river?

Segment Synopsis: Ashcraft briefly talks about log rafts and local sawmills. He spends most of this portion talking about the Valley View Ferry.

Keywords: Land, Ed; Valley View Ferry

Subjects: Ferries--Kentucky River (Ky.) River life--Kentucky River (Ky.) Sawmills--Kentucky Timber rafting Valley View (Ky.)

Partial Transcript: I've seen that old river mighty high.

Segment Synopsis: Ashcraft compares the water levels of the floods of 1937, 1962, and 1978.

Keywords: 1937; 1962; 1978

Subjects: Floods--Kentucky Kentucky River (Ky.) Valley View (Ky.)

Partial Transcript: Miller School was right across the creek from where I lived.

Segment Synopsis: Ashcraft talks about the Miller family. They had a school named after them and they owned the gristmill.

Keywords: Gristmill; Miller School; Miller, Cash

Subjects: Mills and mill work--Kentucky River life--Kentucky River (Ky.) Valley View (Ky.)

Partial Transcript: Do you remember seeing any river boats much on the river when you were a kid?

Segment Synopsis: Ashcraft talks about different types of boats that he saw on the river. He describes a showboat that would come once a year. He also talks about The Kentucky which was a service boat.

Keywords: Coal barge; Excursion boat; Steamboat; The Kentucky

Subjects: Boats and boating--Kentucky River (Ky.) River steamers--Kentucky River (Ky.) Showboats--Kentucky River (Ky.) Valley View (Ky.)

Partial Transcript: You were talking about your dad a minute ago, was he a logger up in Lee County?

Segment Synopsis: Ashcraft talks about local sawmills in the Valley View area.

Keywords: Logging

Subjects: Kentucky River (Ky.) Sawmills--Kentucky Valley View (Ky.)

Partial Transcript: Was Valley View still a pretty good sized town when you were a kid growing up there?

Segment Synopsis: Ashcraft describes Valley View when he was growing up. He says that it had a doctor's office, bank, and lots of stores and homes. In 1932, the railroad was taken out of the town.

Keywords: Railroad

Subjects: Kentucky River (Ky.) Valley View (Ky.)

Partial Transcript: In the dry year of 1930, Richmond got its water from Valley View out of the river.

Segment Synopsis: Ashcraft talks about the drought of 1930. He revisits the flood of 1937 and describes the damage that it caused.

Keywords: Flood clean-up; Flood damage; Tates Creek

Subjects: Droughts--Kentucky Floods--Kentucky River life--Kentucky River (Ky.) Valley View (Ky.)

Partial Transcript: Did your dad ever tell you about when he lived in Lee County and logged?

Segment Synopsis: Ashcraft lists people that would be good to interview about life on the river.

Keywords: Baptist Church

Subjects: Kentucky River (Ky.) Valley View (Ky.)

Partial Transcript: Do you remember your dad, when he ran the ferry for nine years, do you remember anything specific that happened during that time?

Segment Synopsis: Ashcraft talks about the ferry accidents that happened when his father was not running the ferry.

Keywords: Howard, Burgin; Valley View Ferry

Subjects: Drowning victims--Kentucky River (Ky.) Valley View (Ky.)

Partial Transcript: Did you all swim in the river when you were a kid there?

Segment Synopsis: Ashcraft talks about swimming across the river to a river beach.

Keywords: Beach; Shay, Richard; Swimming

Subjects: River life--Kentucky River (Ky.) Valley View (Ky.)

Partial Transcript: What about fishing?

Segment Synopsis: Ashcraft talks about fishing in the Kentucky River. He lists different species that were there.

Keywords: Buffalo fish; Carp; Catfish; Mullet; Spoonbill; Trotlines

Subjects: Fishing--Kentucky River (Ky.) Valley View (Ky.)

Partial Transcript: Did you live on a farm most of your married life?

Segment Synopsis: Ashcraft talks about his family.

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