Baxter in Harlan County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)

Inspiration Mountain

Photographed by Tom Bosse, September 4, 2021

1. Inspiration Mountain Marker

Inscription. Little Shepherd Trail, part of setting for: Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come, Hell for Sartain, Trail of the Lonesome Pine, by John Fox, Jr., famous for eleven novels of Ky. mountains and the Bluegrass, written 1893 to 1919. Born Paris, Ky., 1863. Harvard, 1883. Spanish-American War, 1898. Moved to Big Stone Gap, Va., 1886, had mining business. Died in 1919.

Erected 1964 by Kentucky Historical Society and Kentucky Department of Highways. (Marker Number 775.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Arts, Letters, Music. A significant historical year for this entry is 1893.

Location. 36° 53.908′ N, 83° 18.579′ W. Marker is in Baxter, Kentucky, in Harlan County. It is at the intersection of Pine Mountain Road (U.S. 421) and Little Shepard Trail (County Route 1679), on the right when traveling north on Pine Mountain Road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Baxter KY 40806, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Eastern Kentucky and in the Cumberland Plateau.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in Appalachia,

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and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture

and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Famous People from Harlan County (approx. 3.6 miles away); County Named, 1819 (approx. 3.6 miles away); Courthouse Burned (approx. 3.6 miles away); The L&N Railroad in Harlan County (approx. 3.6 miles away); Spirit of the American Doughboy (approx. 3.6 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 3.6 miles away); First Car of Coal (approx. 3.6 miles away); The First Industry of Harlan County (approx. 3.6 miles away).

Also see . . . Fox, John Jr. (1862–1919). (Submitted on September 9, 2021, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee.)

Photographed by Tom Bosse, September 4, 2021

2. Inspiration Mountain Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on September 10, 2021. It was originally submitted on September 9, 2021, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 390 times since then and 29 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 9, 2021, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.