AC Back Lot
A project of the
Berea College Appalachian Center, CPO 2166, Berea, KY 40404
 
 
Each year the Appalachian Center offers the Appalachian Seminar and Tour for Berea College faculty and staff.  The 2006 program included three days of on-campus seminar and four days on the road.  The group visited Pine Mountain Settlement School, Blair Branch Old Regular Baptist Church, Mud Creek Clinic, Appalshop, the Center for Rural Strategies, the Eastern Kentucky Social Club, the Kentucky Coal Mining Museum, Hindman Settlement School, and the Kentucky School of Craft.  These photographs are by Christopher Miller, Normandi Ellis, and Chad Berry.
Appalachian Seminar & Tour 2006
Our bus driver makes everything go smoothly.  Thanks Keith!
Time on the bus gives opportunity for conversation.
Naturalist Ben Begley teaches about the mixed mesophytic forests
A sudden change in the weather on the nature hike
Accommodations in Westwind at Pine Mountain Settlement School
Appalshop made us warmly welcome, as they always do!
Tour guide at the Kentucky Coal Mining Museum
Good eating at the Schoolhouse Inn in Benham, Ky.
Our walk on guide helped us explore Benham, Ky.
The Portal 31 Museum lets you try on some mining machinery
Hindman Settlement School
Learning about Hindman’s Development Initiatives from 
Mike Mullins
Trying out a little dancing
Relaxing at Hindman
Touring the Kentucky School of Craft in Hindman
Lots of walking, wear comfortable shoes!