Gene Burch has been photographing Frankfort and Central Kentucky for over 30 years. His photographs are displayed in homes, offices, and businesses all over Central Kentucky. His photography is prominent in six coffee table books: A Walking Tour of Historic Frankfort; A Photographic Journey; Frankfort Cemetery: The Westminster Abbey of Kentucky; Frankfort: Yesterday & Today; Frankfort in Pictures; and Frankfort and Beyond. Gene has re-published an out-of-print book, Kentucky Pioneers: History of the Hardin Family, about the journey many early Kentuckians made from Pittsburgh down the Ohio River in flatboats to settle in Central Kentucky.
Kentucky Pioneers: History of the Hardin Family
In the Spring of 1780, the Hardin Family and their kin embarked on a perilous journey down the Ohio River to Kentucky. On March 1st, 1780, they arrived at the Limestone River near Maysville and were attacked by Indian groups from the upper Ohio territory. Many in the group were killed, and Jack Hardin Jr.’s mother, brother, and others were captured. Through oral histories, Mr. Hardin has crafted a remarkable narrative of survival and settlement in late 1700s Kentucky.