In the Appalachian Mountains of Harlan County we Explore Evarts Kentucky

We explored Evarts Kentucky in the Appalachian Mountains of Harlan County.
most sources credit the 1931 shootout known as the battle of Evarts between striking miners and coal company deputies as the event that probably gave Harlan County the name Bloody Harlan, but there is so much more to this historic little town hidden in the Appalachian Mountains than that, please explore it with us.
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[@amybruton5462]

So glad I found your channel. My dad's family is from that area. He graduated from Evarts and my grandpas 6 brothers died in the Yancey mine disaster. My grandpa also mined coal. Living across the country I've never had the opportunity to visit the area. Dads been gone for many years but your videos give me a glimpse into his childhood and my heritage. Thank you!

[@IgnitedCoyote]

Thanks for watching, we appreciate it.

[@shadymunkee1983]

I grew up in appalachia and Harlan is where my story began.. Proud Wcc OG purple and gold never get old for the Devils in the creek

[@michaelcastle3100]

I was born at high splint and we moved to kildav when I was eight went to scarfs high for Jr high and high school I was the youngest of eight and we all were evarts grads lots of memories from events and Harlan county so I do enjoy your videos keep them coming please

[@IgnitedCoyote]

Thanks

[@brentdutcher2875]

I really wanted to get over to Harlan county a couple weeks ago but I just didn't have time. The closest I got was the Knox drive in barberville and that big pond they had over there. I love all the off roading in Kentucky and I have a built jeep. Thanks for the tour of evarts.

[@Crappie.Fisherman]

That metal building was the old wood shop class. Attached to the art room. The cafeteria was over to the right where you thought you could walk thru to go back to the front.

[@IgnitedCoyote]

Thanks

[@jimlewis9706]

I drove through Kentucky in the 70s. I knew nothing about the coal industry. I would never have wanted to go into a mine, but it is very interesting to me. Your videos make me feel as though I am walking through the towns and hollers. Keep them coming.. Thanks

[@rickbaker4043]

Make a trip to Hall high I went there two years love y'all for what you do nice vid as always 🦃🦃🇱🇷🇱🇷

[@bennetts-revenge_2]

I so enjoy watching your videos. I don't get to go much of anywhere without a vehicle so it's a joy to watch these vids

[@IgnitedCoyote]

Thanks and God bless you

[@billylambert9650]

Me and all the family are heading to Pineville Thursday For the festival. We have 3 cabins rented on Pine Mountain state park Four 4 days. Can't wait. I love being in the mountains.

[@susanwillis9184]

My cousins and I played on the Railroad tracks a lot.

[@IgnitedCoyote]

Thanks

[@TomRil]

I lived off of 421 in Leslie County now in Florida

[@fazeljigry4896]

So nice mountain county i like it.

[@jameskeating6997]

Thanks for this video. Our church in OH used to come down and help do repairs on many of the homes for tjose who couldn’t afford to pay. Knew exactly where you were standing at the opening. We put on wuite a few roofs in the Evarts area and as a railfan, I always enjoyed walking around the depot. Love your work that helps people understand the Harlan County history. Last time I recall being in Evarts was shortly after a storm damaged the Dairy Hut. At least the one in Harlan was still open at the time. Returning one more time is on my bucket list.

[@susanwillis9184]

I hung out in Evarts a lot when I was young. Had cousins that lived there. Fun times

[@susanwillis9184]

My grandmother lived there.

[@pamkammann1176]

My great uncle was from Evarts and some of his family is buried in a cemetery there.Last name is Gibson .

[@lucianestridge7964]

Great video. I haven't been to Everets since 1991. I think ill run over there tomorrow. My buddy at work graduated from there.

[@JuanitaMcclaine-io3bj]

Love then I got coffee table and coffee table built just like that and I bought a set just like that love very cool furniture I love the way they make I got in my house now I might sometime I can buy down there I love old history stuff caught my daddy a tobacco grower in Kentucky liberty my boy still got hundre acre farm in liberty Kentucky live in canoe valley liberty county ❤love you and bye 😂🤣😂😂

[@musclecarmitch908]

Beautiful little town in such a beautiful area! Great history! Thanks for sharing it with us Coyote's!👍

[@IgnitedCoyote]

Glad you enjoyed it Mitch!

[@ronaldcarmony3068]

My mom grew up in Everets my papaw worked in the coal mine back in the thirty’s. That part of the video of the high school if it was the old one my mom went there

[@clarenceblack5590]

My mom grew up in Evarts. Her maiden name was Sizemore almost all my aunts and uncles have passed. I still have cousins in the area. My parents moved to Knoxville in 69. I've been up in the many times trying to find my Grandparents home place. I remember going there when I was a kid but I can't remember exactly where it was. My mom moved my grandparents to Knoxville in the late 80s to care for them when they became elderly.

[@ronaldcarmony3068]

My mom’s maiden name was Moore I also have been there but just once and that was when I was around 10 I’m 60 now. I live about an hour or so away but when I went there we lived in Louisiana so I wouldn’t have any idea how to find there place where they lived

[@nickjonson6996]

Great video. My mom graduated from Evarts HS in 1956.

[@IgnitedCoyote]

Thank you

[@westshoretrailriders9077]

Love the area. We stayed at Harlan county campground and rode Black mountain. I have a video of our ride on my KZbin channel.

[@markrhodes7446]

Hey Mr and Mrs coyote have a blessed Sunday 🙌

[@IgnitedCoyote]

You too Mark

[@hatchetjackphillips]

A lot of history in that area.

[@susanwillis9184]

My mother was born in Highsplint.

[@keviny5838]

The metal building is a Quonset hut

[@JuanitaMcclaine-io3bj]

hi you all ignite coyote and your beautiful wife aim all way from north west ark I love all you videos you are call the real people friendly people from Kentucky and I love everything I can find out the history of Kentucky I heard something like that people should make that number one place to vacation or move there just cause Nashville Tennessee was one the number place for music as grand ole orpy I had a famous cousin that worked on the grand ole orpy people don’t have any got clue just tourist attraction that mean millions a dollar if they had eny since Kentucky was beautiful place are I’m going to move there is I can find some cheap land so I can live quiet and people where people is really kind people you won’t people like people like people live there and United States of America ant got enough since know just beautiful and all the money could be there but government ant got enough money could be made there but not people over flood the beautiful of the country Tennessee put much money in that t town and they keep building thier the old very of life and history I was town to apart moving in and ruding place in Kentucky you should see all the baby they recover in Tennessee it get a bad name and got the worse for baby stealing the people on dope trade thier child just for dope last week they resuse 10or20babie because of that I never heard that in worse part of Kentucky I heard thier looking for a auric 15year old child the mother got rid and the father out every where in Tennessee dump he name is Sebastian Roger please be on the lookout for him his father will not rest and they told him if he don’t show down a lot he going to die please spread the word to try to bring this sweet little boy back to Tennessee please 🙏 ❤

[@jboney6938]

Raylan Givens graduated from Evarts 🙂

[@scottthomas3792]

I guess it's cheaper in the long run to consolidate schools, but it's kinda sad the little town schools are disappearing... that one didn't look in all that bad a shape. I wonder if the city coukd get it and maybe use it as a storm shelter?

[@susanwillis9184]

We used to eat hotdogs and hamburgers at the drug store in Evarts. And the drive in.

[@IgnitedCoyote]

Thanks Susan

[@miel1074]

They say in Harlan County, there are no neutrals there… You’ll either be a Union man, or a thug for JH Blair!!🎵🎶

[@clairejackson7521]

That poor tree did look pitiful, they do the same thing up here in Campbell County KY.

[@user-nd6im6rx3v]

Have a good friend from Harlan KY I was in the Army with, his name is Tom Saunders!!! Don’t know if he is still with us or not?

[@Anthony-ot8vl]

Kids aren't taught about how those companies used people like slaves and would use violence to fight the unions. In my hometown, they set up a gattling gun, but it jammed.

[@markrhodes7446]

Hey Mr and Mrs coyote is poke salad just grown in your area of ky?

[@TonyTitleGuy]

That depot is a beauty. Looks like a new paint job. Schools, hospitals... Lots of public buildings abandoned in Appalachia. Your government at work.

[@bryanlee5090]

You’d think someone with a little more public speaking experience would have done this. Some of the words used aren’t even in a dictionary. At least the way they are saying it isn’t!

[@IgnitedCoyote]

Obviously you don't have a copy of the Appalachian dictionary