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I grew up in southern Ohio, across the river from Kentucky. I remember during the six grade I had several girls in my class who I thought were VERY good looking. Being an outgoing person I became friends with them all ( in school ) and all five of them had been born in Kentucky and their families had moved to Ohio for work. I have always remembered this and when I saw this video I recalled this 1950’s memory. Yes, Kentucky obviously raised many fine women along with their reputation for race horses. 🤣🤣 My Mother’s father was born in Crab Orchard, Kentucky and we had relatives scattered all around Hazard and Manchester.

Madison County, Kentucky

My gr gr grandfather was Albert R Benton. His daughter Barbara Benton Hamilton was an only child. My family and ancestors were from Estill and Lee Co as early settlers. Thanks so much for sharing this awesome home movie.

My mother was a 'river rat', born in 43, raised on the Kentucky river in Camp Nelson. Born to a father who trapped, fished, and hunted for a living. I grew up not far from there, right around the Lock 8 road, down by Hickman Creek. I love that area so much, as much for the memories as i do the peace and beauty. Thia footage is incredible. As a boy it was my dream to live on a houseboat, i thought they were the coolest things. That, and I could've fished out my window 😂 Simpler times, before God was removed from society, and it began its decline.

This is so interesting! I’m a Waco native. Wild to see Irvine in the 40’s!

Wonder how many anvils got taken in across America during this

This video is an absolute treasure! Every scene is special and the one that touches me most is seeing the military parade. Having been filmed in 1946 most of those young men had just returned home from fighting in Europe, Asia, and on the high seas. How wonderful for them to be back home among their family and friends. And I must admit that I was hoping to catch a glimpse of my uncle Ferris Hale who was a native of Estill County and who also served during WWII.

Who takes a news paper out on the river in a canoe at 1:30?

Excellent video thanks for sharing. Highlight for me was seeing the Waco glider.

Check out the AAF marked trailer (probably a mobile recruiting station) in the foreground at 2:14. Looks like a M425 as the prime mover, and notice to the left behind it, a matching painted ambulance (or maybe a signal corps truck?)

Awesome video. I wish the whole lock system on the Kentucky was still operational.

Love watching old videos like this. A little sad at the same time because you know everyone you see has passed and gone. Awesome to get a glimpse into their lives though even if only for a few minutes. I live in Ohio but my family is from Irvine Kentucky. Last name of Hendricks and Richardson

Will someone invent a time machine already so I can go back to before America was the laughingstock of the world!!! My family is from Irvine Kentucky. Did anyone see any Hendricks or Richardsons in the video???

My great grandmother, Barbara Benton Hamilton from Estill Co was the only child to Albert Benton and Louvisa Smyth Benton. I was the only great grand child named in honor of Barbara Benton. I would love to take the opportunity to thank my long distant relatives for sharing these videos with the public. It gave me an opportunity to see the relatives from the past. The videos were in great taste in excellent condition. I plan to share this with close family and others on social media.

This was a decade before I was born. My grandparents, Jesse & Edna Hamilton Tharp were from Estill Co, along with Aunt Flora, Uncle Hood Barnes, great grandmother, Barbara Benton Hamilton.

My dad told me i had a great uncle who worked at this sawmill for years. Said his hands were extremely rough and black like a dogs paws from handling the raw lumber all those years

This is amazing my family is from Irvine so im related to the bechlers , tipptons , howells ,Estes, rogers alchorns i have only visited a few times but amazing to see what it was like.

This is a KLEX gem! Thanks for sharing

Hey I was raised on 226 Broadway the White House across from the school I was wondering and very interested in seeing a photo

This is awesome, also huge props to whoever was filming. Really impressive shots from someone not used to filming every day on a phone, thank you for sharing!

Awesome!

Proud river rats! We're still out there.

Wow, this was 2 years before my father was even born.

Great to see healthy folks having fun. Not one fat person!

Simply Amazing when I went to school at West Irving Elementary there were bandsaw blades sticking out of the ground next to the playgrounds I didn't think I would ever know anything about that sawmill that's been near 60 years ago

Looks like lock 12 at Ravenna

That’s cool. Hmmmm. Wonder why there’s smoke coming from the mountains. Lol

Which lock is this? Great video, many thanks for sharing!

wow. THREE B-29s.

This was wonderful to watch. I wished I could have watched this with my grandma, Beulah Beckelhymer Powell, who lived in Irvine off and on. Thanks for giving us this piece of history.

At the end, the video takes you to Nebraska where Howard and Alice Benton Schory lived. A grown up Bob Benton is visiting the newlyweds.

Such a blessing to have this video of my grandparents, Coleman and Nannie Benton, my Great Grandmother, Francis Easter Benton, my Dad, John Benton and his siblings, Raymond, Brookshire, his wife, Lenore, Tommy, his wife Dorothy, Alice, and Bob (the youngest).

Coleman Benton is the tall gentleman in the tan shirt and pants with the grey hat.

My grandfather, Coleman Benton is in most of this video. The site of the sawmill is where my Uncle Raymond built the home where he and my grandparents lived. It is in West Irvine by the elementary school. They named the property “Mockingbird Hill.” Raymond Benton filmed this.

Estill County KY

Appalshop of Whitesburg KY would probably love to see some of these videos and give them a wider audience.

In 1888 my grandpa Preston Cox was killed in an accident where the logs got loose in the creek. He wasn’t the only one who died. That was how it was done in the old days. You let the creek current take the logs to the sawmill.

I love these...keep them coming!

This was a few years before I was even born, but I enjoyed it.

The Luscombe starts at 2:40... ;-) Thanks for posting! Juan

Awesome! Thanks for uploading. Amazing quality

Music and aeroplanes mix as well as oil and water

Wow.

Thank you for posting. I got to see my Papaw and Granny in it. 💜

So proud to be born and raised here.

In those days, you didn't have to run to Richmond for shopping. The town had plenty of places to shop. Even in my day (born late 1960s), there were 3 grocery stores, Maloneys, several good clothing stores, Ben Franklin, farm store, dry cleaners, several furniture stores, Spaulding Radio Shack, Western Auto, 3 car dealerships, plumbing supply companies, Sundry Store, etc. Now it a bunch of Dollar Stores and one grocery store. No food marts in the city limits. I miss the good old days when Irvine had better places to shop!

Was the fair behind what is now the Central Office

Thank you for sharing. What a blessing to see our country 74 years ago.

That was an awesome video. Is the bridge shown early in the video the one that crossed into South Irvine just past Station Camp Creek? I can remember a few of the things in here that were stil around when I was young. The mountains really took me by surprise. They looked completely bare. It's easy to see how much Irvine has changed.

Wow, what a treasure of a piece of film!