
Little Known Stories of
Kentucky's
Green River Valley
GRVKY.com is a project to document and preserve the Green River Heritage songs selected by Judge Larry B. Whitaker for his "lost" Scenic Byway Corridor Management Plan.
The following songs were chosen to present the story of Western Kentucky River Culture via music. The music was to be incorporated into various driving tours of the area.
Song: Subject:
Unlikely Find The power of historic places
Dream in the Wind Frank Sheehan
Josiah Josiah Henson
Dill Brothers Ferry Abraham Lincoln
Bluegrass Was Born in Ky Bill Monroe
Great Unknown Arnold Shultz
Wreck of the Bowling Green Steamboat Era
Molly Rides Again Battle of Sacramento
Camp Calhoun Civil War soldiers
First Doughboy to Fall James B. Gresham
Harpe's Head Outlaw Harpe Brothers
Sound of Seven Rivers Music of valley
Arrowheads Native Americans
Right Under Our Feet Coal mining
Little Sturgis Blues Motorcycle Rally
Jackie and Happy Baseball Color Barrier
Lucy Help Me See This Through John James Audubon
Shootin' on the Solid Coal Mining
Bluegrass and Barbeque Owensboro is capital of both
Going Home to Kentucky Unbridled Spirit
*Burn the Barrel Written for a bourbon documentary, it is included here because it builds on the trail concept advanced by Judge Whitaker.