Hopkins County

Postcard History Series: Hopkins County portrays the fantastic history of its cities, including Dawson Springs, as unveiled through postcards of the lavish hotels and businesses that once brought thousands of people across the nation to sample the healing water from the wells of the city in the early 1900s. Showcased are glimpses of the coal mining industry, downtown memories, institutions, and leisure activities in Earlington, Madisonville, Nebo, Hanson, Mortons Gap, and St. Charles. This book also includes information about two different businesses that were contracted by the government of the United States of America; one received an order for two million units of cigars and other visited the White House annually with a truckload of trees from Hopkins County.

Author J. Harold Utley is a retired federal coal mine inspector and surveyor and president of the Historical Society of Hopkins County. Utley has a passionate interest in the county’s coal mining history and in 1993 was designated the official Hopkins County historian. Author Lisa D. Piper is a coal miner’s daughter who enjoys learning and preserving the history of the Bluegrass State. She is the author of several Christian fiction novels as well as two non-fiction works.