Eastern Kentucky Coalfield
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The Eastern Kentucky Coalfield is part of the Central Appalachian bituminous coalfield, including all or parts of 30 Kentucky counties and adjoining areas in Ohio, West Virginia, Virginia, and Tenness
Daniel Boone National Forest in Kentucky
Cumberland Falls in Kentucky
Breaks Interstate Park in Kentucky
Ashland, the region's largest city
Daniel Boone National Forest
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The Daniel Boone National Forest is a national forest in Kentucky, United States. Established in 1937, it includes 708,000 acres of federally owned land within a 2,100,000-acre proclamation boundary.
Eastern Kentucky Coalfield
…is known for its coal mining; most family farms in the region have disappeared since the introduction of surface mining in the 1940s and 1950s. The Daniel Boone National Forest is located on rough but beautiful terrain along and east of the Pottsville Escarpment. There are many natural arches and sandstone cliffs that are…
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