Interview with Stanley Taulbee

Partial Transcript: What do you remember about the flood?

Segment Synopsis: Taulbee talks about flood victims who drowned. He details how some family members lived while others died.

Keywords: 1939; Banks, George Lane; Breathitt County, Kentucky; Frozen Creek; Needle Branch Creek

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

Partial Transcript: Do you remember seeing the water?

Segment Synopsis: Taulbee talks about the damage caused by the flood including houses and businesses that were destroyed.

Keywords: Breathitt County, Kentucky; Flood damage; Frozen Creek

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

Partial Transcript: Most of the people that lived up this branch and also on Frozen, how did they make their living?

Segment Synopsis: Taulbee says that most of the people who lived in the area farmed.

Keywords: Breathitt County, Kentucky; Farming; Frozen Creek; Tobacco

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

Partial Transcript: What happened the day after the flood?

Segment Synopsis: Taulbee details who built back after the flood and who left the area.

Keywords: Breathitt County, Kentucky; Flood damage; Frozen Creek; Red Cross

Subjects: Floods--Kentucky

Partial Transcript: I don't know but I'd say that the Strong Fork country must have come out first.

Segment Synopsis: Taulbee describes what path he thinks the flood took and why.

Keywords: Breathitt County, Kentucky

Subjects: Floods--Kentucky

Partial Transcript: I can remember when old 15 was a gravel road.

Segment Synopsis: Taulbee talks about life in Breathitt County.

Keywords: Breathitt County, Kentucky; Jackson, Kentucky

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