Interview with Walker Wilson

Partial Transcript: What are your earliest memories about the Kentucky River?

Segment Synopsis: Wilson talks about camping and how timber rafts were constructed.

Keywords: Camping; Narrows; Raft construction

Subjects: Kentucky River (Ky.) Timber rafting

Partial Transcript: The events that I'm interested in is the droughts and the high tides.

Segment Synopsis: Wilson says that the highest flood he experienced was in 1957 and the most destructive drought was in 1932.

Keywords: 1932; 1957

Subjects: Droughts--Kentucky Floods--Kentucky Kentucky River (Ky.)

Partial Transcript: Now, the South Fork is created by what streams?

Segment Synopsis: Wilson talks about fishing and catching Muskie.

Keywords: Muskie

Subjects: Fishing--Kentucky River (Ky.)

Partial Transcript: Do you recall any of the 1937 flood?

Segment Synopsis: Wilson says that he remembers houses flooding in 1937.

Keywords: 1937

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

Partial Transcript: Are there any people still living anywhere around that you know of that have logged?

Segment Synopsis: Wilson talks about logging in general as well as stories about timber rafting that his father told to him.

Keywords: Buffalo Lumber; Log raft; Oak; Poplar

Subjects: Kentucky River (Ky.) Logging--Kentucky Timber rafting

Partial Transcript: Now they had a flood, a bad flood this last week on Red Bird and Goose Creek, up in there.

Segment Synopsis: Wilson talks about a recent flood that occurred on the South Fork.

Keywords: Goose Creek; Red Bird

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