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Red Bird River

February 13, 2024

The Red Bird River (a.k.a. Red Bird Creek[1] or Redbird Creek[2]) is one of two tributaries at the head of the South Fork Kentucky River, the other being the Goose Creek.[3] It is located in the Daniel Boone National Forest, in the southeast of the U.S. state of Kentucky.[4] It is 34.3 miles (55.2 km)[5] long and drains the eastern half of Clay County.[4]

Red Bird River
Red Bird River near the county line of Clay and Bell Counties
Physical characteristics
MouthSouth Fork Kentucky River
 • coordinates
37°16′11″N 83°38′36″W / 37.26959°N 83.64344°W / 37.26959; -83.64344 (mouth of Red Bird River)

Hydrology and basin edit

At its mouth, the Red Bird River's mean annual discharge is 336.62 cubic feet per second (9,532 L/s).[6] It drains an area of 195.7 square miles (507 km2).[7] Its overall gradient is 7.2 feet per mile (1.36 m/km).[4]

Tributaries and other locations edit

The headwaters of Red Bird River are in north-eastern Bell County, separated from the rest of that county by the Kentucky Ridge.[8] It constitutes the county line between Clay and Leslie Counties for a 6.5 miles (10.5 km) reach.[9]Kentucky Route 66 follows the course of the River from Oneida to the Clay–Bell County line.[1]

The two Bear Creek tributaries are sometimes distinguished as Lower Bear Creek and Upper Bear Creek.[39] The two Jack's Creek tributaries are likewise sometimes distinguished as Lower Jack's Creek and Upper Jack's Creek.[60] Similarly, on some modern maps a distinction is drawn between Red Bird Creek, which is the reach upstream of the confluence with Phillips Fork, and Red Bird River, which is the reach downstream;[1] although the KGS Fourth Report in 1918 made no such distinction and simply named whole thing Redbird Creek.[61]

The meeting point of Clay, Bell, and Leslie counties is just east of Sandy Fork.[55]

Hector Creek, Jack's Creek, the Red Bird post offices, Beverly, Nuckles, and the Red Bird school edit

Further information: Red Bird River Petroglyphs and Settlement school

Red Bird was the name of a Native American who was murdered near the river, according to a 19th-century tale that traces back at least to an early settler and preacher named John Gilbert.[62][1][63] The story goes that a Chief Red Bird with his housekeeper Jack were murdered just upstream of the creek mouth of Hector Creek,[1] at the former site of the Red Bird River Petroglyphs. Jack's Creek (the Lower one) is named after the Jack in the tale.[64][39] Gilbert, or his son Abijah, is also credited in a similar story with coining the name of Hector Creek, naming it after his hunting dog that was killed by a bear on its banks.[60]

Local schoolteacher and minister John Jay Dickey recorded the Gilberts's tales in his diary in the 1890s.[65] Chief Red Bird and Jack are not recorded in any history books at all from the early 19th century,[66] only being recorded by Dickey as aforementioned and by Richard Collins (revising his father Lewis's earlier work) in the 1870s;[65][67] however there were two Red Bird post offices and several other things named after (at least) the river and the two creeks.

The first Red Bird post office is largely a mystery.[1] It is known to have operated from 1828 to 1831, but its location and postmaster are unknown, and its location only narrowed down as far as being either on Red Bird Creek next to the mouth of Big Creek or somewhere on Big Creek.[1]

The second Red Bird post office in Bell County was established on 1876-10-24 by postmaster Richard Wilkerson Asher.[8] It was located at the mouth of Cow Creek and remained there as it passed through the hands of successive family members.[8] When R. W. Asher died in 1884 it passed to his daughter Amanda "Mandy" Jane, who married one William R. "Bill" Knuckles.[8] She attempted to rename the post office Knuckles, but she misspelled it as Nuckles on the USPS forms.[8] She in turn died in 1890, the postmastership passing to her husband, who in his turn died in 1910 with their son John Beverly Knuckles taking over the postmastership.[8] The USPS requested a change of name in August 1911, and the post office finally became Beverly.[8] John was replaced by his wife Myrtle as postmaster on 1913-12-22.[8]

In the latter part of the 20th century the Beverly post office moved to the mouth of the Lawson Branch of Lawson Creek, some 2.5 miles (4.0 km) away.[68] It is still open as of the 21st century.[68]

R. W. Asher was a storekeeper and a preacher, and in his time the post office served a small area with a corn mill, a school, and a church.[8] Bill Knuckles was also a storekeeper, and also a lawyer.[8] John Beverly Knuckles and Millard F. Knuckles were landowners, who in 1921 offered their land to build a school and hospital.[8]

This was to become the Red Bird Mission and Settlement School, built by the Women's Missionary Society of the Evangelical Church of Pennsylvania.[8] It has operated a sales outlet for local craftspeople, a community store, several schools, fifteen churches across five counties, a hospital, and a clinic.[69]

The Jacks Creek post office was established on 1932-02-26 by postmaster Marion Hensley.[39] It closed in June 1954.[39]

The Burns post office was established on 1892-06-20 by postmaster Harriet Burns.[60] She had wanted the names Burns Store, Hector, or Hayes (after a local family).[60] It was located 5 miles (8.0 km) upstream on Hector Creek, and closed in August 1893.[60]

The Hector post office was established on 1900-12-28 by postmaster Arazona Davidson.[60] It was originally 3.5 miles (5.6 km) upstream on Hector Creek, but was moved in 1924 by postmaster Jane L. Chadwell to the mouth of a left branch of Hector now known as Davidson Branch and earlier known as Jim Hubbard's Branch, close to where Burns had been years before.[60] It closed in 1977.[60]

A gap named Hector Gap connects the headwaters of Hector Creek to the Lockhart Creek tributary of Goose Creek.[60][2]Kentucky Route 149 crosses that gap and follows Hector Creek for the whole of its course, the Daniel Boone Parkway also following the creek for most of it.[60]

Eriline edit

The Eriline post office was established on 1902-12-09 and lasted until 1988, with a 32-year hiatus from 1911.[70] It was supposed to be named after Eveline (some sources spell as Evaline) Britton (1861–1939), wife of Van Britton (1855–1911) its first postmaster, but the clerks at the USPS could not read the handwriting on the application form, naming it Eriline instead, and the Brittons did not consider it important enough to make a fuss about the name.[70][71]

It was originally established at the Brittons's home at the mouth of Hector Creek, but moved three times.[70] The first move was to the east side of the Red Bird River, south of the mouth of Big Creek, which was the result of its reëstablishment after the hiatus on 1943-08-29 by George C. Hensley.[70] The second move was back north in 1944 by Mary W. Bowling to the west of the Red Bird, 2.5 miles (4.0 km) from the then Jacks Creek post office.[70] The third move took it upriver in 1949, and at its closure in 1988 it was still on the west side of the Red Bird, at the junction of Kentucky Route 66 and Jacks Creek Road.[70]

Spring Creek edit

The Spring Creek post office was established on 1876-07-10 by postmaster Jesse Mattingly.[39] It was located at several sites on Spring Creek at or just upstream of the creek mouth.[39] After closing on 1884-05-08 it was reëstablished at the mouth of Flat Creek by on 1885-01-16 by postmaster Christopher Bowling.[39] After later moving back to Spring Creek, it closed in October 1944.[39]

Icecliff and Ashers Branch edit

Main article: Goose Creek (Oneida, Kentucky) § Icecliff and Asher's Fork

Barcreek and Spurlock edit

Main article: Bear Creek (Red Bird River tributary)

Peabody edit

Main article: Peabody, Kentucky

Marcum edit

The Marcum post office was established on 1908-03-11 by postmaster Henry B. Marcum Jr.[72] It was named after his family, descendants of Henry's grandfather Thomas Marcum who was an early settler on Red Bird some time around 1812.[72] It was originally located just below and across from the mouth of Sugar Creek.[72] Some time before 1928 it moved upstream by 1 mile (1.6 km) to across from the mouth of Gilbert Creek.[72] It closed in June 1984.[72]

Antepast edit

The Antepast post office was established on 1910-01-20 by postmaster Wilson T. Martin.[73] It was originally located on Red Bird 1.5 miles (2.4 km) downstream of the mouth of (Lower) Beaar Creek, and moved 2 miles (3.2 km) further downstream in November 1932 under postmaster Howell T. Bowling.[73] It was here, some 2.5 miles (4.0 km) upstream of Oneida, that it closed in November 1936.[73]

There are several competing hypotheses recorded for the origin of its name.[73] Clay County historian Jess D. Wilson, in his book When They Hanged The Fiddler, gives the most directly sourced: a story from his own family lore about the local preacher waiting for "Andy's passing" in the middle of church services, as Wilson's great-grandfather Andy Baker would drunkenly and noisily pass by.[73][74] Another account, supported by George R. Stewart's American Given Names dictionary, states that it was after some person whose name in turn was taken from Biblical figure Herod Antipas, no such person being recorded in the area, however.[73][64] The third, and least likely, account, from George R. Stewart's American Place Names dictionary, is that it was named after antepasti.[73][63]

Gardner serving Bringardner edit

The Gardner post office was established on 1931-05-31 and run by postmaster Ray Kevil Carter until August 1940.[33] It served the Gardner Station on the railroad for the Bringardner Lumber Company, owned by Fred Bringardner of Lexington.[33] The post office was at the mouth of Lick Fork.[33]

The Bringardner Lumber Company's railway operated out of what was at the time known as Asher's Fork, further upstream towards the Beverly post office.[75] Charles Bringardner, Fred's son, sales manager, and a later president of Bringardner Lumber, also later operated the Red Bird Lumber Company near to Marcum post office.[76][77] Charles was commissioned as a junior lieutenant in the United States Naval Reserve in World War 2, with M. R. McCorckle of McCorckle Lumber running Bringardner Lumber whilst he was away.[78]

Flat Creek and Creekville and Van Camp post offices edit

The Flat Creek post office was established on 1857-08-15 by postmaster Felix G. Gilbert.[33] It is not known exactly where it was located and it closed on 1861-09-06.[33]

The Van Camp post office was established on 1924-09-29 by postmaster Jable L. Stewart.[33] It was located 1.5 miles (2.4 km) upstream on Flat Creek at the mouth of its Rocky Fork.[33] Stewart's first choice of name had been Sand Hills after the creek's headwaters, but this was rejected by the USPS.[33] It closed in September 1938.[33]

The Creekville post office was established on 1928-09-01 by postmaster Bascom C. Bowling, one-time postmaster of the Annalee post office that was to become Peabody.[33] Bowling's first choice of name had been Flat Creek.[33] It was located at the Flat Creek mouth on Red Bird, and closed in 1972.[33]

Skidmore and Sandy Fork edit

The Skidmore post office was established on 1876-08-03 by postmaster J. D. Asher.[55] It was named after his successor Andrew C. Skidmore who took over from Asher on 1876-10-27.[55] It was in the store of Joasiah Asher, J. D. Asher being a local miller, at the mouth of Phillips Fork.[55] Postmaster James F. Asher moved it upstream to just 50 yards (46 m) away from the county line in 1902.[55] It closed in June 1913.[55]

The Sandy Fork post office was established on 1877-02-26 by postmaster J. R. Fairchild.[55] It was located at the mouth of the same-named Sandy Fork, and changed name to Sandyfork in March 1894.[55] It closed on 1911-09-30.[55]

Roark edit

The Roark post office was established on 1907-01-29 by postmasters John A. and Lucy F. Roark.[79] Located 0.5 miles (0.80 km) upstream on (Upper) Jack's Creek it has been operated by members of the Roark family, all descendants of early John Coke Roark from Roanoke, Virginia.[79] It is still there today.[79]

Asher family edit

A family named Asher settled in the Upper Red Bird Creek area in the 19th century,[80] descendents of early settler and local landowner in the Goose Creek and Red Bird valleys, Dillion Asher (1774–1844), who back in 1800 had lived in a minor tributary hollow just downstream of the Phillip's Fork.[72][81] He may or may not have been the first tollgate keeper at Cumberland Ford, the Asher family history saying that he was but Robert L. Kincaid in The Wilderness Road saying that it was rather one Robert Craig.[82] He definitely had a lean-to at the ford in 1797, but he moved to Upper Red Bird shortly afterwards.[82] He had passed through he area earlier in 1777, planting some peach seeds along the way, and he came back to see how they had fared.[82] He built a log home there in 1799, which still stands on the grounds of the Red Bird River Community Hospital of the United Brethren Church.[82][81]

The Asher Fork post office and tributary of Goose Creek are named for the family.[72] As is the Asher post office on the Beech Fork of Middle Fork Kentucky River to the west.[80]

The family included the aforementioned Richard Wilkerson Asher, J. D. Asher, Josiah Asher, and James F. Asher.[8][55] Other Ashers were Matilda Asher, who lived on Saw-Pit Branch,[52] a Mrs Asher (forename unrecorded) who had a mine 1.375 miles (2.213 km) upstream on Phillips Fork,[52] and A. J. Asher who had a mine on Lick Fork.[58]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Rennick 2000c, p. 28.
  2. ^ a b c d Hodge 1918, p. 178.
  3. ^ Rennick 2000c, p. 2.
  4. ^ a b c Sehlinger & Molloy 2011, p. 68.
  5. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed June 13, 2011
  6. ^ USEPA 2019.
  7. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset, area data covering Red Bird River watershed, 10-digit Hydrologic Unit Code 0510020302. The National Map, retrieved October 27, 2015
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Rennick 2000b, p. 31.
  9. ^ Rennick 2000c, pp. 27–28.
  10. ^ Hodge 1918, p. 103.
  11. ^ a b c Hodge 1918, p. 107.
  12. ^ a b c d e Hodge 1918, p. 108.
  13. ^ Hodge 1918, p. 109.
  14. ^ Hodge 1918, p. 110.
  15. ^ a b Hodge 1918, p. 111.
  16. ^ Hodge 1918, p. 112.
  17. ^ a b c d Hodge 1918.
  18. ^ Hodge 1918, p. 126.
  19. ^ Hodge 1918, p. 127.
  20. ^ Hodge 1918, p. 128.
  21. ^ Hodge 1918, p. 129.
  22. ^ a b c Hodge 1918, p. 130.
  23. ^ Hodge 1918, p. 132.
  24. ^ a b Hodge 1918, p. 133.
  25. ^ Hodge 1918, p. 134.
  26. ^ Hodge 1918, p. 135.
  27. ^ Hodge 1918, p. 137.
  28. ^ Hodge 1918, p. 139.
  29. ^ a b Hodge 1918, p. 140.
  30. ^ Hodge 1918, p. 141.
  31. ^ a b Hodge 1918, p. 142.
  32. ^ a b c Hodge 1918, p. 145.
  33. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Rennick 2000c, p. 32.
  34. ^ a b Hodge 1918, p. 146.
  35. ^ Hodge 1918, p. 147.
  36. ^ Hodge 1918, p. 148.
  37. ^ Hodge 1918, p. 149.
  38. ^ a b Hodge 1918, p. 150.
  39. ^ a b c d e f g h i Rennick 2000c, p. 29.
  40. ^ a b Hodge 1918, p. 152.
  41. ^ Hodge 1918, p. 153.
  42. ^ Hodge 1918, p. 154.
  43. ^ Hodge 1918, p. 156.
  44. ^ Hodge 1918, p. 158.
  45. ^ Hodge 1918, p. 159.
  46. ^ a b Hodge 1918, p. 160.
  47. ^ Hodge 1918, p. 161.
  48. ^ Hodge 1918, p. 162.
  49. ^ a b Hodge 1918, p. 164.
  50. ^ Hodge 1918, p. 165.
  51. ^ a b c Maccracken 2017, p. 150.
  52. ^ a b c Hodge 1918, p. 166.
  53. ^ Hodge 1918, p. 169.
  54. ^ Hodge 1918, p. 171.
  55. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Rennick 2000a, p. 4.
  56. ^ Hodge 1918, p. 173.
  57. ^ a b Hodge 1918, p. 175.
  58. ^ a b Hodge 1918, p. 176.
  59. ^ Hodge 1918, p. 179.
  60. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Rennick 2000c, p. 33.
  61. ^ Hodge 1918, p. 101.
  62. ^ Collins & Collins 1877, p. 141.
  63. ^ a b Rennick 2000c, p. 43.
  64. ^ a b Rennick 2000c, p. 42.
  65. ^ a b Rennick 2000c, pp. 43, 44.
  66. ^ Coy Jr et al. 2014, p. 34.
  67. ^ Collins & Collins 1877, pp. title, 141.
  68. ^ a b Rennick 2000b, p. 32.
  69. ^ Rennick 2000b, pp. 31–32.
  70. ^ a b c d e f Rennick 2000c, pp. 3–4.
  71. ^ Rennick 2016, ERILINE.
  72. ^ a b c d e f g Rennick 2000c, p. 30.
  73. ^ a b c d e f g Rennick 2000c, p. 31.
  74. ^ Wilson 1985, pp. 31–32.
  75. ^ Koch 1979, p. 298.
  76. ^ LTH 1959, pp. 353–354.
  77. ^ AL 1940, p. 40.
  78. ^ AL 1943, p. 51.
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  80. ^ a b Rennick 2000a, p. 17.
  81. ^ a b Hay, Wells & Appleton Jr 2002, p. 47.
  82. ^ a b c d Cornett 2009, pp. 25–26.

Sources edit

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  • Rennick, Robert M. (2000). Leslie County — Post Offices. County Histories of Kentucky. Vol. 241. Morehead State University.
  • Rennick, Robert M. (2000). Bell County — Post Offices. County Histories of Kentucky. Vol. 383. Morehead State University.
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Further reading edit

  • Stewart, George R. (1979). "Antipas". American Given Names: Their Origin and History in the Context of the English Language. Oxford Quick Reference. Oxford University Press. p. 58. ISBN 9780195040401.
  • Stewart, George R. (1970). American Place-names: A Concise and Selective Dictionary for the Continental United States of America. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195001211.
  • Schaeffer, Roberta (January 1, 1980). The story of Red Bird Mission: A history of missions in Appalachia. Parthenon Press.
  • "History". Red Bird Mission.

External links edit

  • University of Kentucky: Kentucky River Basin Report
  • Daniel Boone National Forest: Red Bird Ranger District

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The Red Bird River a k a Red Bird Creek 1 or Redbird Creek 2 is one of two tributaries at the head of the South Fork Kentucky River the other being the Goose Creek 3 It is located in the Daniel Boone National Forest in the southeast of the U S state of Kentucky 4 It is 34 3 miles 55 2 km 5 long and drains the eastern half of Clay County 4 Red Bird RiverRed Bird River near the county line of Clay and Bell CountiesPhysical characteristicsMouthSouth Fork Kentucky River coordinates37 16 11 N 83 38 36 W 37 26959 N 83 64344 W 37 26959 83 64344 mouth of Red Bird River Contents 1 Hydrology and basin 2 Tributaries and other locations 2 1 Hector Creek Jack s Creek the Red Bird post offices Beverly Nuckles and the Red Bird school 2 2 Eriline 2 3 Spring Creek 2 4 Icecliff and Ashers Branch 2 5 Barcreek and Spurlock 2 6 Peabody 2 7 Marcum 2 8 Antepast 2 9 Gardner serving Bringardner 2 10 Flat Creek and Creekville and Van Camp post offices 2 11 Skidmore and Sandy Fork 2 12 Roark 3 Asher family 4 See also 5 References 6 Sources 7 Further reading 8 External linksHydrology and basin editAt its mouth the Red Bird River s mean annual discharge is 336 62 cubic feet per second 9 532 L s 6 It drains an area of 195 7 square miles 507 km2 7 Its overall gradient is 7 2 feet per mile 1 36 m km 4 Tributaries and other locations editThe headwaters of Red Bird River are in north eastern Bell County separated from the rest of that county by the Kentucky Ridge 8 It constitutes the county line between Clay and Leslie Counties for a 6 5 miles 10 5 km reach 9 Kentucky Route 66 follows the course of the River from Oneida to the Clay Bell County line 1 Its major tributaries include Bear Creek 6 25 miles 10 06 km upstream at altitude 752 feet 229 m 10 mouth at 37 13 43 N 83 38 09 W 37 22858 N 83 63571 W 37 22858 83 63571 mouth of Lower Bear Creek whose further tributaries and locations are in its own article Banks Branch 8 5 miles 13 7 km upstream at altitude 762 feet 232 m 11 mouth at 37 12 35 N 83 38 01 W 37 20962 N 83 63370 W 37 20962 83 63370 mouth of Banks Branch headwaters at 37 12 02 N 83 38 25 W 37 20051 N 83 64023 W 37 20051 83 64023 Banks Branch headwaters Sam Branch 10 5 miles 16 9 km upstream at altitude 773 feet 236 m 11 mouth at 37 12 10 N 83 37 12 W 37 20277 N 83 61993 W 37 20277 83 61993 mouth of Sam Branch headwaters at 37 11 43 N 83 37 23 W 37 19514 N 83 62315 W 37 19514 83 62315 Sam Branch headwaters Dry Branch 10 75 miles 17 30 km upstream at altitude 774 feet 236 m 11 mouth at 37 12 08 N 83 36 42 W 37 20218 N 83 61175 W 37 20218 83 61175 mouth of Dry Branch headwaters at 37 13 29 N 83 35 44 W 37 22481 N 83 59545 W 37 22481 83 59545 Dry Branch headwaters Hector Creek 11 5 miles 18 5 km upstream at altitude 775 feet 236 m 12 mouth at 37 11 40 N 83 36 24 W 37 19440 N 83 60654 W 37 19440 83 60654 mouth of Hector Creek headwaters at 37 07 34 N 83 40 25 W 37 12604 N 83 67367 W 37 12604 83 67367 Hector Creek headwaters Ben Branch 1 mile 1 6 km upstream at altitude 800 feet 240 m 12 a right branch 2 miles 3 2 km upstream at altitude 830 feet 250 m 12 a left branch 2 5 miles 4 0 km upstream 12 a left branch 3 miles 4 8 km upstream 12 a left drain 5 5 miles 8 9 km upstream at altitude 985 feet 300 m 13 Jacks Creek 12 25 miles 19 71 km upstream at altitude 780 feet 240 m 14 mouth at 37 11 28 N 83 35 30 W 37 19112 N 83 59173 W 37 19112 83 59173 mouth of Lower Jacks Creek headwaters at 37 12 28 N 83 32 05 W 37 20776 N 83 53469 W 37 20776 83 53469 Lower Jacks Creek headwaters Dave Bowling Branch a k a Spurlock Branch 1 625 miles 2 615 km upstream at altitude 910 feet 280 m 15 mouth at 37 12 24 N 83 34 03 W 37 20677 N 83 56740 W 37 20677 83 56740 mouth of Spurlock Branch headwaters at 37 13 15 N 83 34 29 W 37 22085 N 83 57467 W 37 22085 83 57467 Spurlock Branch headwaters Right Fork 0 5 miles 0 80 km upstream at altitude 1 065 feet 325 m 15 mouth at 37 12 46 N 83 34 09 W 37 21290 N 83 56924 W 37 21290 83 56924 mouth of Right Fork Spurlock Branch headwaters at 37 13 20 N 83 34 06 W 37 22233 N 83 56828 W 37 22233 83 56828 Right Fork Spurlock Branch headwaters Copes Branch 14 5 miles 23 3 km upstream at altitude 788 feet 240 m 16 Big Creek 15 miles 24 km upstream at altitude 789 feet 240 m 17 mouth at 37 10 00 N 83 34 56 W 37 16656 N 83 58228 W 37 16656 83 58228 mouth of Big Creek whose further tributaries and locations are in its own article Elk Creek 15 75 miles 25 35 km upstream at altitude 794 feet 242 m 18 mouth at 37 09 17 N 83 35 17 W 37 15459 N 83 58799 W 37 15459 83 58799 mouth of Elk Creek headwaters at 37 06 16 N 83 39 40 W 37 10434 N 83 66098 W 37 10434 83 66098 Elk Creek headwaters Town Branch 2 5 miles 4 0 km upstream at altitude 925 feet 282 m 19 mouth at 37 07 34 N 83 37 50 W 37 12618 N 83 63045 W 37 12618 83 63045 mouth of Town Branch headwaters at 37 08 01 N 83 38 39 W 37 13356 N 83 64411 W 37 13356 83 64411 Town Branch headwaters Left Fork 3 5 miles 5 6 km upstream at altitude 990 feet 300 m 20 mouth at 37 07 02 N 83 38 26 W 37 11730 N 83 64046 W 37 11730 83 64046 mouth of Left Fork headwaters at 37 05 58 N 83 38 29 W 37 09958 N 83 64144 W 37 09958 83 64144 Left Fork headwaters Little Double Creek 17 25 miles 27 76 km upstream at altitude 804 feet 245 m 21 mouth at 37 08 24 N 83 35 31 W 37 14008 N 83 59201 W 37 14008 83 59201 mouth of Little Double Creek headwaters at 37 06 52 N 83 37 18 W 37 11445 N 83 62175 W 37 11445 83 62175 Little Double Creek headwaters Big Double Creek 17 5 miles 28 2 km upstream at altitude 805 feet 245 m 22 mouth at 37 08 25 N 83 35 15 W 37 14034 N 83 58758 W 37 14034 83 58758 mouth of Big Double Creek right and left forks at 37 05 26 N 83 36 09 W 37 09044 N 83 60250 W 37 09044 83 60250 forks of Big Double Creek Right Fork 1 75 miles 2 82 km upstream at altitude 885 feet 270 m 22 headwaters at 37 05 40 N 83 38 08 W 37 09457 N 83 63553 W 37 09457 83 63553 Right Fork headwaters Left Fork 1 75 miles 2 82 km upstream at altitude 885 feet 270 m 22 headwaters at 37 04 30 N 83 37 00 W 37 07491 N 83 61658 W 37 07491 83 61658 Left Fork headwaters upper forks 2 375 miles 3 822 km upstream 23 Sugar Creek 20 5 miles 33 0 km upstream at altitude 824 feet 251 m 24 mouth at 37 07 05 N 83 33 34 W 37 11801 N 83 55946 W 37 11801 83 55946 mouth of Sugar Creek headwaters at 37 07 32 N 83 29 03 W 37 12542 N 83 48414 W 37 12542 83 48414 Sugar Creek headwaters Bond Hollow 1 25 miles 2 01 km upstream at altitude 875 feet 267 m 24 Spruce Pine Branch 1 5 miles 2 4 km upstream at altitude 925 feet 282 m 25 Masters Branch 2 25 miles 3 62 km upstream at altitude 990 feet 300 m 26 Sulphur Spring Branch 2 72 miles 4 38 km upstream at altitude 1 055 feet 322 m 17 Gilbert Creek 22 5 miles 36 2 km upstream at altitude 833 feet 254 m 27 mouth at 37 06 28 N 83 33 21 W 37 10770 N 83 55591 W 37 10770 83 55591 mouth of Gilbert Creek headwaters at 37 05 49 N 83 27 52 W 37 09691 N 83 46452 W 37 09691 83 46452 Gilbert Creek headwaters Bowling Branch 4 5 miles 7 2 km upstream at altitude 1 220 feet 370 m 28 Little Creek 23 25 miles 37 42 km upstream at altitude 840 feet 260 m 29 mouth at 37 05 59 N 83 33 29 W 37 09971 N 83 55810 W 37 09971 83 55810 mouth of Little Creek headwaters at 37 05 28 N 83 34 38 W 37 09116 N 83 57716 W 37 09116 83 57716 Little Creek headwaters Right Fork 0 75 miles 1 21 km upstream at altitude 950 feet 290 m 29 Left Fork 0 75 miles 1 21 km upstream at altitude 950 feet 290 m 30 Elisha Creek 24 25 miles 39 03 km upstream at altitude 851 feet 259 m 31 mouth at 37 05 16 N 83 32 48 W 37 08777 N 83 54658 W 37 08777 83 54658 mouth of Elisha Creek Left Fork 1 25 miles 2 01 km upstream at altitude 925 feet 282 m 31 mouth at 37 05 07 N 83 31 35 W 37 08528 N 83 52641 W 37 08528 83 52641 mouth of Left Fork Elisha Creek headwaters at 37 05 25 N 83 28 15 W 37 09033 N 83 47082 W 37 09033 83 47082 Left Fork Elisha Creek headwaters Middle Fork 1 75 miles 2 82 km upstream at altitude 985 feet 300 m 32 mouth at 37 04 54 N 83 31 05 W 37 08159 N 83 51796 W 37 08159 83 51796 mouth of Middle Fork Elisha Creek headwaters at 37 04 50 N 83 29 30 W 37 08061 N 83 49172 W 37 08061 83 49172 Middle Fork Elisha Creek headwaters Right Fork 1 75 miles 2 82 km upstream at altitude 985 feet 300 m 32 mouth at 37 04 54 N 83 31 05 W 37 08159 N 83 51796 W 37 08159 83 51796 mouth of Right Fork Elisha Creek headwaters at 37 04 34 N 83 28 08 W 37 07600 N 83 46886 W 37 07600 83 46886 Right Fork Elisha Creek headwaters Flat Creek 25 miles 40 km upstream at altitude 855 feet 261 m 32 3 5 miles 5 6 km long and which rises in the Sand Hills 33 mouth at 37 04 45 N 83 33 11 W 37 07913 N 83 55301 W 37 07913 83 55301 mouth of Flat Creek headwaters at 37 03 47 N 83 36 57 W 37 06304 N 83 61593 W 37 06304 83 61593 Flat Creek headwaters Little Flat Creek 0 75 miles 1 21 km upstream at altitude 870 feet 270 m 34 mouth at 37 04 33 N 83 33 30 W 37 07596 N 83 55825 W 37 07596 83 55825 mouth of Little Flat Creek headwaters at 37 04 26 N 83 36 16 W 37 07402 N 83 60438 W 37 07402 83 60438 Little Flat Creek headwaters Panther Branch 3 25 miles 5 23 km upstream at altitude 1 160 feet 350 m 34 mouth at 37 03 35 N 83 36 06 W 37 05968 N 83 60156 W 37 05968 83 60156 mouth of Panther Branch headwaters at 37 02 27 N 83 36 37 W 37 04077 N 83 61021 W 37 04077 83 61021 Panther Branch headwaters Left Fork 4 miles 6 4 km upstream at altitude 1 235 feet 376 m 35 mouth at 37 03 43 N 83 36 28 W 37 06181 N 83 60784 W 37 06181 83 60784 mouth of Left Fork Flat Creek headwaters at 37 04 13 N 83 36 40 W 37 07019 N 83 61104 W 37 07019 83 61104 Left Fork Flat Creek headwaters Bowen Creek 26 5 miles 42 6 km upstream at altitude 870 feet 270 m 36 mouth at 37 04 03 N 83 32 18 W 37 06763 N 83 53828 W 37 06763 83 53828 mouth of Bowen Creek headwaters at 37 02 15 N 83 26 49 W 37 03750 N 83 44704 W 37 03750 83 44704 Bowen Creek headwaters Daniel Branch 2 25 miles 3 62 km upstream at altitude 1 030 feet 310 m 37 mouth at 37 02 58 N 83 30 44 W 37 04938 N 83 51218 W 37 04938 83 51218 mouth of Daniel Branch headwaters at 37 02 33 N 83 30 37 W 37 04251 N 83 51040 W 37 04251 83 51040 Daniel Branch headwaters Brushy Fork 6 miles 9 7 km upstream at altitude 1 265 feet 386 m 38 mouth at 37 02 22 N 83 28 02 W 37 03954 N 83 46721 W 37 03954 83 46721 mouth of Brushy Fork headwaters at 37 03 09 N 83 27 20 W 37 05254 N 83 45554 W 37 05254 83 45554 Brushy Fork headwaters Spring Creek 38 6 miles 9 7 km long and rising in the Sand Hills east of the Brightshade post office on Goose Creek 39 mouth at 37 03 43 N 83 32 29 W 37 06190 N 83 54150 W 37 06190 83 54150 mouth of Spring Creek headwaters at 37 01 53 N 83 35 48 W 37 03149 N 83 59664 W 37 03149 83 59664 upper forks of Spring Creek Cane Knob Branch 4 miles 6 4 km upstream at altitude 1 210 feet 370 m 40 Right Fork 4 75 miles 7 64 km upstream at altitude 1 260 feet 380 m 40 headwaters at 37 02 08 N 83 36 28 W 37 03560 N 83 60767 W 37 03560 83 60767 Right Fork Spring Creek headwaters Left Fork 4 75 miles 7 64 km upstream at altitude 1 260 feet 380 m 41 headwaters at 37 01 41 N 83 36 25 W 37 02794 N 83 60689 W 37 02794 83 60689 Left Fork Spring Creek headwaters Rich Branch 28 75 miles 46 27 km upstream at altitude 900 feet 270 m 42 mouth at 37 02 31 N 83 32 48 W 37 04202 N 83 54676 W 37 04202 83 54676 mouth of Lower Rich Branch headwaters at 37 02 10 N 83 33 23 W 37 03605 N 83 55645 W 37 03605 83 55645 Lower Rich Branch headwaters Katy s Creek 29 5 miles 47 5 km upstream at altitude 911 feet 278 m 17 mouth at 37 02 06 N 83 32 24 W 37 03510 N 83 53999 W 37 03510 83 53999 mouth of Katy s Creek headwaters at 37 00 58 N 83 35 36 W 37 01623 N 83 59323 W 37 01623 83 59323 Katy s Creek headwaters Left Fork 2 miles 3 2 km upstream at altitude 1 075 feet 328 m 43 Jacks Creek 30 75 miles 49 49 km upstream at altitude 925 feet 282 m 44 mouth at 37 01 33 N 83 31 40 W 37 02579 N 83 52790 W 37 02579 83 52790 mouth of Upper Jacks Creek upper forks at 37 00 47 N 83 29 50 W 37 01300 N 83 49733 W 37 01300 83 49733 upper forks of Jacks Creek Old House Branch 0 5 miles 0 80 km upstream at altitude 965 feet 294 m 45 mouth at 37 01 29 N 83 31 10 W 37 02484 N 83 51939 W 37 02484 83 51939 mouth of Old House branch headwaters at 37 01 53 N 83 30 11 W 37 03134 N 83 50309 W 37 03134 83 50309 Old House branch headwaters Left Fork 2 25 miles 3 62 km upstream at altitude 1 085 feet 331 m 46 headwaters at 37 01 06 N 83 28 08 W 37 01828 N 83 46901 W 37 01828 83 46901 Left Fork Jacks Creek headwaters Oakley Cave Branch 0 25 miles 0 40 km upstream at altitude 1 115 feet 340 m 46 mouth at 37 00 49 N 83 29 38 W 37 01354 N 83 49386 W 37 01354 83 49386 mouth of Oakley Cave Branch headwaters at 37 00 48 N 83 28 37 W 37 01326 N 83 47696 W 37 01326 83 47696 Oakley Cave Branch headwaters Right Fork 2 25 miles 3 62 km upstream at altitude 1 085 feet 331 m 47 headwaters at 36 59 47 N 83 28 33 W 36 99649 N 83 47572 W 36 99649 83 47572 Right Fork Jacks Creek headwaters Jesse Fork 0 75 miles 1 21 km upstream at altitude 1 160 feet 350 m 48 mouth at 37 00 18 N 83 29 47 W 37 00489 N 83 49647 W 37 00489 83 49647 mouth of Jesse Fork headwaters at 36 59 09 N 83 29 19 W 36 98592 N 83 48865 W 36 98592 83 48865 Jesse Fork headwaters Bear Creek 31 75 miles 51 10 km upstream at altitude 935 feet 285 m 49 mouth at 37 01 15 N 83 32 03 W 37 02088 N 83 53425 W 37 02088 83 53425 mouth of Upper Bear Creek upper forks at 37 00 14 N 83 34 21 W 37 00397 N 83 57243 W 37 00397 83 57243 upper forks of Upper Bear Creek Whitehead Branch 31 75 miles 51 10 km upstream at altitude 942 feet 287 m 49 Phillips Fork 34 75 miles 55 92 km upstream at altitude 958 feet 292 m 50 7 16 miles 11 52 km long with a gradient of 120 53 feet per mile 22 828 m km 51 mouth just south of Queendale 51 at 37 00 18 N 83 31 38 W 37 00493 N 83 52718 W 37 00493 83 52718 mouth of Phillips Fork headwaters at 36 54 50 N 83 29 11 W 36 91386 N 83 48628 W 36 91386 83 48628 Phillips Fork headwaters Flowing generally north east it varies in width between 6 feet 1 8 m to 18 feet 5 5 m 51 Saw Pit Branch a k a Steel Trap Branch 0 75 miles 1 21 km upstream at altitude 1 010 feet 310 m 52 Pups Branch 1 75 miles 2 82 km upstream at altitude 1 090 feet 330 m 53 mouth at 36 58 42 N 83 31 07 W 36 97827 N 83 51858 W 36 97827 83 51858 mouth of Pups branch headwaters at 36 58 35 N 83 29 29 W 36 97651 N 83 49128 W 36 97651 83 49128 Pups branch headwaters East Hilton Branch 4 25 miles 6 84 km upstream at altitude 1 440 feet 440 m 54 Sandy Fork 1 mile 1 6 km long 55 Blue Hole Branch 33 75 miles 54 32 km upstream at altitude 991 feet 302 m 56 Bear Wallow 1 5 miles 2 4 km upstream 57 the forks 1 75 miles 2 82 km upstream 57 Lick Fork 36 miles 58 km upstream at altitude 1 064 feet 324 m 58 mouth at 36 58 08 N 83 32 18 W 36 96883 N 83 53834 W 36 96883 83 53834 mouth of Lick Fork headwaters at 36 57 15 N 83 35 12 W 36 95416 N 83 58658 W 36 95416 83 58658 Lick Fork headwaters the forks 1 5 miles 2 4 km upstream 17 Rich Branch 38 25 miles 61 56 km upstream at altitude 1 192 feet 363 m 2 mouth at 36 56 36 N 83 31 53 W 36 94336 N 83 53146 W 36 94336 83 53146 mouth of Upper Rich Branch headwaters at 36 56 15 N 83 30 55 W 36 93754 N 83 51538 W 36 93754 83 51538 Upper Rich Branch headwaters Meadow Fork 38 5 miles 62 0 km upstream at altitude 1 208 feet 368 m 2 Cow Fork 38 75 miles 62 36 km upstream at altitude 1 240 feet 380 m 59 mouth at 36 55 46 N 83 32 00 W 36 92957 N 83 53346 W 36 92957 83 53346 mouth of Cow Fork headwaters at 36 54 58 N 83 29 35 W 36 91603 N 83 49297 W 36 91603 83 49297 Cow Fork headwaters The two Bear Creek tributaries are sometimes distinguished as Lower Bear Creek and Upper Bear Creek 39 The two Jack s Creek tributaries are likewise sometimes distinguished as Lower Jack s Creek and Upper Jack s Creek 60 Similarly on some modern maps a distinction is drawn between Red Bird Creek which is the reach upstream of the confluence with Phillips Fork and Red Bird River which is the reach downstream 1 although the KGS Fourth Report in 1918 made no such distinction and simply named whole thing Redbird Creek 61 The meeting point of Clay Bell and Leslie counties is just east of Sandy Fork 55 Hector Creek Jack s Creek the Red Bird post offices Beverly Nuckles and the Red Bird school edit Further information Red Bird River Petroglyphs and Settlement school Red Bird was the name of a Native American who was murdered near the river according to a 19th century tale that traces back at least to an early settler and preacher named John Gilbert 62 1 63 The story goes that a Chief Red Bird with his housekeeper Jack were murdered just upstream of the creek mouth of Hector Creek 1 at the former site of the Red Bird River Petroglyphs Jack s Creek the Lower one is named after the Jack in the tale 64 39 Gilbert or his son Abijah is also credited in a similar story with coining the name of Hector Creek naming it after his hunting dog that was killed by a bear on its banks 60 Local schoolteacher and minister John Jay Dickey recorded the Gilberts s tales in his diary in the 1890s 65 Chief Red Bird and Jack are not recorded in any history books at all from the early 19th century 66 only being recorded by Dickey as aforementioned and by Richard Collins revising his father Lewis s earlier work in the 1870s 65 67 however there were two Red Bird post offices and several other things named after at least the river and the two creeks The first Red Bird post office is largely a mystery 1 It is known to have operated from 1828 to 1831 but its location and postmaster are unknown and its location only narrowed down as far as being either on Red Bird Creek next to the mouth of Big Creek or somewhere on Big Creek 1 The second Red Bird post office in Bell County was established on 1876 10 24 by postmaster Richard Wilkerson Asher 8 It was located at the mouth of Cow Creek and remained there as it passed through the hands of successive family members 8 When R W Asher died in 1884 it passed to his daughter Amanda Mandy Jane who married one William R Bill Knuckles 8 She attempted to rename the post office Knuckles but she misspelled it as Nuckles on the USPS forms 8 She in turn died in 1890 the postmastership passing to her husband who in his turn died in 1910 with their son John Beverly Knuckles taking over the postmastership 8 The USPS requested a change of name in August 1911 and the post office finally became Beverly 8 John was replaced by his wife Myrtle as postmaster on 1913 12 22 8 In the latter part of the 20th century the Beverly post office moved to the mouth of the Lawson Branch of Lawson Creek some 2 5 miles 4 0 km away 68 It is still open as of the 21st century 68 R W Asher was a storekeeper and a preacher and in his time the post office served a small area with a corn mill a school and a church 8 Bill Knuckles was also a storekeeper and also a lawyer 8 John Beverly Knuckles and Millard F Knuckles were landowners who in 1921 offered their land to build a school and hospital 8 This was to become the Red Bird Mission and Settlement School built by the Women s Missionary Society of the Evangelical Church of Pennsylvania 8 It has operated a sales outlet for local craftspeople a community store several schools fifteen churches across five counties a hospital and a clinic 69 The Jacks Creek post office was established on 1932 02 26 by postmaster Marion Hensley 39 It closed in June 1954 39 The Burns post office was established on 1892 06 20 by postmaster Harriet Burns 60 She had wanted the names Burns Store Hector or Hayes after a local family 60 It was located 5 miles 8 0 km upstream on Hector Creek and closed in August 1893 60 The Hector post office was established on 1900 12 28 by postmaster Arazona Davidson 60 It was originally 3 5 miles 5 6 km upstream on Hector Creek but was moved in 1924 by postmaster Jane L Chadwell to the mouth of a left branch of Hector now known as Davidson Branch and earlier known as Jim Hubbard s Branch close to where Burns had been years before 60 It closed in 1977 60 A gap named Hector Gap connects the headwaters of Hector Creek to the Lockhart Creek tributary of Goose Creek 60 2 Kentucky Route 149 crosses that gap and follows Hector Creek for the whole of its course the Daniel Boone Parkway also following the creek for most of it 60 Eriline edit The Eriline post office was established on 1902 12 09 and lasted until 1988 with a 32 year hiatus from 1911 70 It was supposed to be named after Eveline some sources spell as Evaline Britton 1861 1939 wife of Van Britton 1855 1911 its first postmaster but the clerks at the USPS could not read the handwriting on the application form naming it Eriline instead and the Brittons did not consider it important enough to make a fuss about the name 70 71 It was originally established at the Brittons s home at the mouth of Hector Creek but moved three times 70 The first move was to the east side of the Red Bird River south of the mouth of Big Creek which was the result of its reestablishment after the hiatus on 1943 08 29 by George C Hensley 70 The second move was back north in 1944 by Mary W Bowling to the west of the Red Bird 2 5 miles 4 0 km from the then Jacks Creek post office 70 The third move took it upriver in 1949 and at its closure in 1988 it was still on the west side of the Red Bird at the junction of Kentucky Route 66 and Jacks Creek Road 70 Spring Creek edit The Spring Creek post office was established on 1876 07 10 by postmaster Jesse Mattingly 39 It was located at several sites on Spring Creek at or just upstream of the creek mouth 39 After closing on 1884 05 08 it was reestablished at the mouth of Flat Creek by on 1885 01 16 by postmaster Christopher Bowling 39 After later moving back to Spring Creek it closed in October 1944 39 Icecliff and Ashers Branch edit Main article Goose Creek Oneida Kentucky Icecliff and Asher s Fork Barcreek and Spurlock edit Main article Bear Creek Red Bird River tributary Peabody edit Main article Peabody Kentucky Marcum edit The Marcum post office was established on 1908 03 11 by postmaster Henry B Marcum Jr 72 It was named after his family descendants of Henry s grandfather Thomas Marcum who was an early settler on Red Bird some time around 1812 72 It was originally located just below and across from the mouth of Sugar Creek 72 Some time before 1928 it moved upstream by 1 mile 1 6 km to across from the mouth of Gilbert Creek 72 It closed in June 1984 72 Antepast edit The Antepast post office was established on 1910 01 20 by postmaster Wilson T Martin 73 It was originally located on Red Bird 1 5 miles 2 4 km downstream of the mouth of Lower Beaar Creek and moved 2 miles 3 2 km further downstream in November 1932 under postmaster Howell T Bowling 73 It was here some 2 5 miles 4 0 km upstream of Oneida that it closed in November 1936 73 There are several competing hypotheses recorded for the origin of its name 73 Clay County historian Jess D Wilson in his book When They Hanged The Fiddler gives the most directly sourced a story from his own family lore about the local preacher waiting for Andy s passing in the middle of church services as Wilson s great grandfather Andy Baker would drunkenly and noisily pass by 73 74 Another account supported by George R Stewart s American Given Names dictionary states that it was after some person whose name in turn was taken from Biblical figure Herod Antipas no such person being recorded in the area however 73 64 The third and least likely account from George R Stewart s American Place Names dictionary is that it was named after antepasti 73 63 Gardner serving Bringardner edit The Gardner post office was established on 1931 05 31 and run by postmaster Ray Kevil Carter until August 1940 33 It served the Gardner Station on the railroad for the Bringardner Lumber Company owned by Fred Bringardner of Lexington 33 The post office was at the mouth of Lick Fork 33 The Bringardner Lumber Company s railway operated out of what was at the time known as Asher s Fork further upstream towards the Beverly post office 75 Charles Bringardner Fred s son sales manager and a later president of Bringardner Lumber also later operated the Red Bird Lumber Company near to Marcum post office 76 77 Charles was commissioned as a junior lieutenant in the United States Naval Reserve in World War 2 with M R McCorckle of McCorckle Lumber running Bringardner Lumber whilst he was away 78 Flat Creek and Creekville and Van Camp post offices edit The Flat Creek post office was established on 1857 08 15 by postmaster Felix G Gilbert 33 It is not known exactly where it was located and it closed on 1861 09 06 33 The Van Camp post office was established on 1924 09 29 by postmaster Jable L Stewart 33 It was located 1 5 miles 2 4 km upstream on Flat Creek at the mouth of its Rocky Fork 33 Stewart s first choice of name had been Sand Hills after the creek s headwaters but this was rejected by the USPS 33 It closed in September 1938 33 The Creekville post office was established on 1928 09 01 by postmaster Bascom C Bowling one time postmaster of the Annalee post office that was to become Peabody 33 Bowling s first choice of name had been Flat Creek 33 It was located at the Flat Creek mouth on Red Bird and closed in 1972 33 Skidmore and Sandy Fork edit The Skidmore post office was established on 1876 08 03 by postmaster J D Asher 55 It was named after his successor Andrew C Skidmore who took over from Asher on 1876 10 27 55 It was in the store of Joasiah Asher J D Asher being a local miller at the mouth of Phillips Fork 55 Postmaster James F Asher moved it upstream to just 50 yards 46 m away from the county line in 1902 55 It closed in June 1913 55 The Sandy Fork post office was established on 1877 02 26 by postmaster J R Fairchild 55 It was located at the mouth of the same named Sandy Fork and changed name to Sandyfork in March 1894 55 It closed on 1911 09 30 55 Roark edit The Roark post office was established on 1907 01 29 by postmasters John A and Lucy F Roark 79 Located 0 5 miles 0 80 km upstream on Upper Jack s Creek it has been operated by members of the Roark family all descendants of early John Coke Roark from Roanoke Virginia 79 It is still there today 79 Asher family editA family named Asher settled in the Upper Red Bird Creek area in the 19th century 80 descendents of early settler and local landowner in the Goose Creek and Red Bird valleys Dillion Asher 1774 1844 who back in 1800 had lived in a minor tributary hollow just downstream of the Phillip s Fork 72 81 He may or may not have been the first tollgate keeper at Cumberland Ford the Asher family history saying that he was but Robert L Kincaid in The Wilderness Road saying that it was rather one Robert Craig 82 He definitely had a lean to at the ford in 1797 but he moved to Upper Red Bird shortly afterwards 82 He had passed through he area earlier in 1777 planting some peach seeds along the way and he came back to see how they had fared 82 He built a log home there in 1799 which still stands on the grounds of the Red Bird River Community Hospital of the United Brethren Church 82 81 The Asher Fork post office and tributary of Goose Creek are named for the family 72 As is the Asher post office on the Beech Fork of Middle Fork Kentucky River to the west 80 The family included the aforementioned Richard Wilkerson Asher J D Asher Josiah Asher and James F Asher 8 55 Other Ashers were Matilda Asher who lived on Saw Pit Branch 52 a Mrs Asher forename unrecorded who had a mine 1 375 miles 2 213 km upstream on Phillips Fork 52 and A J Asher who had a mine on Lick Fork 58 See also editList of rivers of KentuckyReferences edit a b c d e f g Rennick 2000c p 28 a b c d Hodge 1918 p 178 Rennick 2000c p 2 a b c Sehlinger amp Molloy 2011 p 68 U S Geological Survey National Hydrography Dataset high resolution flowline data The National Map accessed June 13 2011 USEPA 2019 U S Geological Survey National Hydrography Dataset area data covering Red Bird River watershed 10 digit Hydrologic Unit Code 0510020302 The National Map retrieved October 27 2015 a b c d e f g h i j k l m Rennick 2000b p 31 Rennick 2000c pp 27 28 Hodge 1918 p 103 a b c Hodge 1918 p 107 a b c d e Hodge 1918 p 108 Hodge 1918 p 109 Hodge 1918 p 110 a b Hodge 1918 p 111 Hodge 1918 p 112 a b c d Hodge 1918 Hodge 1918 p 126 Hodge 1918 p 127 Hodge 1918 p 128 Hodge 1918 p 129 a b c Hodge 1918 p 130 Hodge 1918 p 132 a b Hodge 1918 p 133 Hodge 1918 p 134 Hodge 1918 p 135 Hodge 1918 p 137 Hodge 1918 p 139 a b Hodge 1918 p 140 Hodge 1918 p 141 a b Hodge 1918 p 142 a b c Hodge 1918 p 145 a b c d e f g h i j k l m Rennick 2000c p 32 a b Hodge 1918 p 146 Hodge 1918 p 147 Hodge 1918 p 148 Hodge 1918 p 149 a b Hodge 1918 p 150 a b c d e f g h i Rennick 2000c p 29 a b Hodge 1918 p 152 Hodge 1918 p 153 Hodge 1918 p 154 Hodge 1918 p 156 Hodge 1918 p 158 Hodge 1918 p 159 a b Hodge 1918 p 160 Hodge 1918 p 161 Hodge 1918 p 162 a b Hodge 1918 p 164 Hodge 1918 p 165 a b c Maccracken 2017 p 150 a b c Hodge 1918 p 166 Hodge 1918 p 169 Hodge 1918 p 171 a b c d e f g h i j k Rennick 2000a p 4 Hodge 1918 p 173 a b Hodge 1918 p 175 a b Hodge 1918 p 176 Hodge 1918 p 179 a b c d e f g h i j Rennick 2000c p 33 Hodge 1918 p 101 Collins amp Collins 1877 p 141 a b Rennick 2000c p 43 a b Rennick 2000c p 42 a b Rennick 2000c pp 43 44 Coy Jr et al 2014 p 34 Collins amp Collins 1877 pp title 141 a b Rennick 2000b p 32 Rennick 2000b pp 31 32 a b c d e f Rennick 2000c pp 3 4 Rennick 2016 ERILINE a b c d e f g Rennick 2000c p 30 a b c d e f g Rennick 2000c p 31 Wilson 1985 pp 31 32 Koch 1979 p 298 LTH 1959 pp 353 354 AL 1940 p 40 AL 1943 p 51 a b c Rennick 2000a p 21 a b Rennick 2000a p 17 a b Hay Wells amp Appleton Jr 2002 p 47 a b c d Cornett 2009 pp 25 26 Sources editHodge James Michael 1918 The coals of Goose Creek and its tributaries Reports of the Kentucky Geological Survey 4th series 1912 1918 Vol 4 Frankfort Kentucky The State Journal Company The coals of Goose Creek and its tributaries at the Internet Archive Rennick 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Happened Here at the Internet Archive Further reading editStewart George R 1979 Antipas American Given Names Their Origin and History in the Context of the English Language Oxford Quick Reference Oxford University Press p 58 ISBN 9780195040401 Stewart George R 1970 American Place names A Concise and Selective Dictionary for the Continental United States of America Oxford University Press ISBN 9780195001211 Schaeffer Roberta January 1 1980 The story of Red Bird Mission A history of missions in Appalachia Parthenon Press History Red Bird Mission External links editUniversity of Kentucky Kentucky River Basin Report Daniel Boone National Forest Red Bird Ranger District Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Red Bird River amp oldid 1202079730, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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