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    • Home
    • History, Mission, Vision
    • Plan Your Visit
      • Main Street
      • Library and Archives
      • Collections
      • Historic Cemeteries
      • Gift Shop
      • Hours and Admissions
    • Exhibits
      • Fossils
      • First Americans
      • Early Exploration
      • Revolutionary War
      • Pioneer Life 1790-1840
      • Antebellum Period
      • Civil War
      • Hatfield-McCoy Feud
      • Industrialization
      • Contemporary
    • Education
      • Educational Outreach
      • Supplemental Learning
      • Continuous Learning
    • Pikeville History Moments
    • News and Events
      • Current Events
      • Blog
  • Home
  • History, Mission, Vision
  • Plan Your Visit
    • Main Street
    • Library and Archives
    • Collections
    • Historic Cemeteries
    • Gift Shop
    • Hours and Admissions
  • Exhibits
    • Fossils
    • First Americans
    • Early Exploration
    • Revolutionary War
    • Pioneer Life 1790-1840
    • Antebellum Period
    • Civil War
    • Hatfield-McCoy Feud
    • Industrialization
    • Contemporary
  • Education
    • Educational Outreach
    • Supplemental Learning
    • Continuous Learning
  • Pikeville History Moments
  • News and Events
    • Current Events
    • Blog

Our Exhibits, Our Story

Old wooden spinning wheel with a brush component.

Origins

See one of Eastern Kentucky's largest fossil collections, as well as artifacts for Native Americans, pioneers, and settlers who discovered and occupied the Big Sandy region prior to 1840.

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Antique brass binoculars and a curved sword on a wooden surface.

Civil War

See artifacts relating to the War Between the States in the Big Sandy Valley, focusing on James A. Garfield, the Battle of Middle Creek, Col. John Dils, and the Hatfields and McCoys.

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Two painted portraits of elderly men with beards in formal attire.

Hatfield-McCoy Feud

See artifacts relating to the McCoys, Hatfields, and the Hatfield-McCoy Feud--as well as the world's largest collection of Perry Cline memorabilia.

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Industrialization

See artifacts relating to logging, steamboats, merchants, railroads, banks, and coal. 


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Jordan Gibson

Contemporary

See artifacts relating to events and accomplishments that shape our region today.

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