Beattyville/Lee County Oral history Podcast on Spotify
Lee County Tourism has been working to recover audio files from an old tourism website and give them a permanent home by uploading them to Spotify for safekeeping and easy listening. These recordings date back to 2017, when a group of local residents gathered weekly at the Lee County Public Library for a series of informal “fireside chats” focused on the history of Lee County. Conversations covered topics such as education, farming, town life, industry, government, religion, and technology. These recordings are available to the public for genealogy research, classroom use, and listening enjoyment. These sessions began as a grant funded project through the City Stories Project, in collaboration with the Kentucky League of Cities and the University of Kentucky, with Beattyville selected as one of the grant recipients. Thank you to Beattyville Main Street for initiating and supporting this project.
You can now listen to these recordings on the Beattyville/Lee County Kentucky Oral History on Spotify. Follow the podcast for updates as new episodes are added. There are roughly 50 files to review and upload, so more stories are on the way.
Listeners may recognize familiar voices, some of which are no longer with us, including Edith Little, Reva Crabtree, Bob Smith, and JD Sipple. Hope you find listening to these stories, especially from the storytellers who have passed away, as heartwarming and entertaining as we do.
Beattyville/Lee County Tourism
500 HWY 11 North
Beattyville, KY 41311
+1 (606) 464-5038
www.visitleecountyky.com
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9:30am–5:30pm
Tue
9:30am–5:30pm
Wed
9:30am–5:30pm
Thu
9:30am–5:30pm
Fri
9:30am–5:30pm