Blue Heron, Kentucky

Blue Heron
Coal town
Blue Heron Location in Kentucky
Coordinates: 36°40′17″N 84°32′44″W / 36.67139°N 84.54556°W / 36.67139; -84.54556Coordinates: 36°40′17″N 84°32′44″W / 36.67139°N 84.54556°W / 36.67139; -84.54556
Country	United States
State	Kentucky
County	McCreary
Founded	1937
Elevation^[1]	1,030 ft (314 m)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
GNIS feature ID	510799^[2]
Website	www.nps.gov/biso/historyculture/blueheron.htm

Blue Heron, also known as Mine 18, is a former coal mining community or coal town on the banks of the Big South Fork of the Cumberland River in McCreary County, Kentucky, that has been recreated and is maintained as an interpretive history area in the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area.^[3]

Coal tipple at Blue Heron

Blue Heron was operated as a company town of the Stearns Coal and Lumber Company. Its coal mines opened in 1937 and operated until December 1962, when the underground mines closed down for lack of profitability. The town was abandoned, and its buildings were either removed or decayed. The community was "re-created" in the 1980s as an outdoor museum. Some of the original structures have been replicated as open, metal shells of buildings, referred to as "ghost structures," on the approximate sites of the original buildings. Structures include a railroad depot, a full-scale model of the coal tipple, a school, and homes. Photographic exhibits and audio programs in the ghost structures tell about various aspects of life in the isolated mining community.^[3]town is now owned by Daniel Brett husband.

References

↑ "Blue Heron". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved on 2010-08-08
↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Blue Heron, Kentucky
1 2 Blue Heron, Kentucky National Park Service. Retrieved on 2010-08-08

External links

Gallery

The depot (right), Company store (left)
Entrance to Mine 18
Mine 18 display

Municipalities and communities of McCreary County, Kentucky, United States

County seat: Whitley City

CDPs	Pine Knot Stearns Whitley City

Unincorporated communities	Barthell Blue Heron Comargo Co-Operative Hill Top Honeybee Lonesome Marshes Siding Oz Parkers Lake Revelo Sawyer Strunk White Oak Junction Wiborg Worley Yamacraw

Museums in Kentucky

Art	Kentucky Folk Art Center Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft Museum of the American Quilter's Society Speed Art Museum University of Kentucky Art Museum

Aviation	Aviation Museum of Kentucky

Biographical	Bill Monroe Museum General George Patton Museum of Leadership Muhammad Ali Center Rosemary Clooney Museum U.S. 23 Country Music Highway Museum Whitney Young Birthplace and Museum

History	Adsmore Ashland Bardstown Historical Museum Barthell Coal Mining Camp Big Sandy Heritage Center Blue Heron Coal Mining Camp Bluegrass Heritage Museum Civil War Museum Coal Miners' Museum David A. Zegeer Coal-Railroad Museum Don F. Pratt Memorial Museum Federal Hill F.M. Stafford House Frazier History Museum Harland Sanders Café and Museum Highlands Museum and Discovery Center Historic Locust Grove Hunt-Morgan House James A. Ramage Civil War Museum Kentucky Coal Mining Museum Lexington History Center Magoffin County Pioneer Village and Museum Mary Todd Lincoln House McCreary County Museum Mountain Homeplace Oscar Getz Museum of Whiskey History Portland Museum Riverside, The Farnsley-Moremen Landing Samuel May House Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History Thomas Edison House

Rail	Bluegrass Railroad and Museum Elkhorn City Railroad Museum The Historic Railpark and Train Museum Kentucky Railway Museum Railway Museum of Greater Cincinnati

Religious	Creation Museum Shaker Village at Pleasant Hill Shaker Museum at South Union

Science & technology	East Kentucky Science Center Kentucky Science Center Kentucky River Museum National Corvette Museum

Sports	Kentucky Derby Museum Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory

Miscellaneous	Callahan Museum of the American Printing House for the Blind Cumberland Inn Museum International Bluegrass Music Museum Garrard County Jail Museum Vent Haven Museum

Visitor Attractions of the Eastern Kentucky Coalfield

Parks

State	Buckhorn Lake Carr Creek Carter Caves Cumberland Falls Dawkins Line Rail Trail Dr. Thomas Walker Fishtrap Lake Grayson Lake Greenbo Lake Jenny Wiley Kingdom Come Levi Jackson Wilderness Road Natural Bridge Paintsville Lake Pine Mountain Pine Mountain Trail Yatesville Lake

Federal	Big South Fork Cumberland Gap

Interstate	Breaks Interstate

Museums

Barthell Coal Mining Camp
Bell County Coal House & Museum
Bell County Historical Society Museum
Big Sandy Heritage Center
Blue Heron Coal Mining Camp
Bobby Davis Museum and Park
Breathitt County Museum
C.B. Caudill Store & History Center
Cloverfork Museum
Coal Miners' Museum
Cumberland Inn Museum
David A. Zegeer Coal-Railroad Museum
East Kentucky Science Center
Elkhorn City Railroad Museum
F.M. Stafford House
Harland Sanders Café & Museum
Hensley Settlement
Highlands Museum and Discovery Center
Kentucky Coal Mining Museum
Kentucky Folk Art Center
Knox Historical Museum
Magoffin County Pioneer Village and Museum
Marie Stewart Museum & Craft Shop
McCreary County Museum
Morgan County History Museum
Mountain Homeplace
Mountain Life Museum
Northeastern Kentucky Museum
Samuel May House
Swamp Valley Museum
U.S. 23 Country Music Highway Museum
Wolfe County History Museum

Forests

Reservoirs

Natural features

Miscellaneous

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