Benham, Kentucky: “The Little Town That Coal Built” | Real Appalachia Join us as we explore Benham, Kentucky, one of Harlan County’s most fascinating and best-preserved coal camp towns. Tucked deep in the Cumberland Mountains near the Virginia border, Benham was founded in the early 1900s by International Harvester as a model coal town complete with sturdy homes, a grand company store, and community buildings that still stand today. In this video, we walk the streets of this remarkable town and

Old Coal Town Left Devastated By Flooding In Appalachia: Seco, Kentucky Seco was once part of the South East Coal Co. in Letcher County, Kentucky and dates back to 1915. Like so many old coal towns, Seco has struggled in recent years due to population drop and economic struggles but flooding has really made things so much more difficult for these folks. In this video, we take a look at one of the best company stores still standing and a vital piece of Appalachian coal history. | Real Appalachia

If you haven't had the opportunity to follow a slow-moving coal truck across the mountain in a good while, then this is the video for you...good ol' Buchanan County, Virginia. | Real Appalachia