My dad had slate fall on him and broke his back working in the mines. We didn't live in the coal camps. Dad would go work and stay there and come home on the weekends. He worked for Island Creek Coal Co. for a while. That is the only one I can remember. After his back healed, he carried the mail on a mule for three years for $3 a day, 6 days a week. He went to Columbus the summer of 1949 and got a job there. The family stayed on Georges Creek until February of 1950 when we all moved to Columbus. (That was 58 years ago! WOW!) Dad held onto the Georges Creek farm, hoping to 'go home' one day. He died in 1965 in Columbus, having never gotten to go home. We buried him on a hill katty-cornered across the road from the farm, with his parents, his grandfather, his two brothers, his uncle and aunt. Life was hard for most of the people from Eastern KY. They were/are a tough lot and they are survivors. Sharon Young Jebavy <>< Former Georges Creek, Lawrence Co., KY Kid 1945-1950