>> WE'LL VISIT WITH ROYALTY, THE QUEEN OF COUNTRY MUSIC HERSELF, MISS LORETTA LYNN LORETTA LYNN CLARK COUNTY'S HERITAGE IS CELEBRATED AT WINCHESTER MUSEUM.

FRANKFORT IS A DOWNTOWN DISTINCTION AND LITTLE HORSES ARE BIG FUN FOR JEFFERSON COUNTY FAMILY.

ALL THAT COMING RIGHT UP ON "KENTUCKY LIFE."

HELLO, EVERYBODY, I'M DAVE SHUFFETT ALONG WITH MY TWO GOLDEN SIDE KICKS HERE, WELCOME TO "KENTUCKY LIFE."

YOU KNOW, KENTUCKY IS HOME TO BLUEGRASS MUSIC LEDGE END BILL MONROE AS WELL AS THE EVERLY BROTHERS, BUT NO ONE HOLDS A PLACE IN OUR HEARTS LIKE LORETTA LYNN.

ALL THE WAY FROM HERE TO THE GRAND OLE OPRY, LORETTA LYNN REPRESENTS THE VERY ESSENCE OF COUNTRY MUSIC.

♪ YOU LEFT ME FOR THE BRIGHT LIGHTS OF THE TOWN ♪♪ A COUNTRY BOY OUT TO SEE THE WORLD ♪ REMEMBER WHEN NO THOSE CITY LIGHTS SHINE DOWN ♪ THAT BEING OLD MOON SHINES ON YOUR KENTUCKY GIRL.

>> YOU KNOW, I CREDIT KENTUCKY FOR MOST OF MY WORK, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, I'VE STAYED COUNTRY AND I LIKE COUNTRY MUSIC.

AND SOME OF THE MUSIC TODAY IS JUST NOT COUNTRY, YOU KNOW?

BUT PEOPLE ARE MAKING IT BIG AND THEY'RE GETTING NUMBER ONE SONGS I LIKE COUNTRY MUSIC AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR BEING FROM KENTUCKY.

>> LORETTA LYNN HAS BEEN SO IMPORTANT TO MY FAMILY BECAUSE SHE'S BEEN SUCH A GREAT REPRESENTATIVE FOR APPALACHIAN.

>> EVERY FRIDAY WE'D HAVE A LITTLE PROGRAM AT SCHOOL AND I SUNG EVERY FRIDAY AND I SANG A NEW SONG AND I SANG THE GREAT -- KENTUCKY IS WHERE I PLANTED ROOTS DEEP WHEN IT COMES TO MUSIC ♪ I NEED NO DIAMOND RING OR FANCY PEARLS ♪ BRING YOURSELF, YOU'RE ALL I EVER NEED ♪ THAT'S GOOD ENOUGH FOR THIS OLD KENTUCKY GIRL.

>> SHE WAS BORN TWO COUNTIES AWAY FROM WHERE MY FAMILY IS FROM.

EVERYBODY ADMIRED HER SO MUCH.

OF COURSE THEY LOVED HER SINGING BUT THEY ADMIRED HER AS A PERSON AND THE WAY SHE REPRESENTED US AND THE WAY SHE NEVER FORGOT WHERE SHE WAS FROM ♪ SOME MORNING WHEN YOU WAKE UP ALL ALONE ♪ JUST COME ON HOME TO YOUR BLUE KENTUCKY GIRL.

>> I'D ROCK THE BABIES TO SLEEP AND SING.

DADDY WOULD COME OUT ON THE PORCH AND SAY "LORETTA, WOULD YOU CLOSE YOUR BIG BOTH, EVERYBODY CAN HEAR YOU" I'D A "DADDY, THEY'RE ALL YOUR COUSINS, SO WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF?"

>> EVERY TIME I SAW LOWER 8 A LORETTA IN CONCERT WE'D BREAK DOWN CRYING.

>> DADDY WORKED IN THE COAL MINES AND HE'D WORK ALL NIGHT LONG.

YOU HEARD "THE COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER" THAT'S HOW IT WAS.

THAT'S HOW IT STARTED ME IN COUNTRY WHERE I COME FROM.

I DON'T SEE THINGS ABOVE THAT.

AND I WOULDN'T LET MYSELF GO ABOVE THAT TODAY EITHER.

♪ MOMMY PUT CLOTHES ON THE WASH BOARD EVERY DAY.

♪♪ >> >> MY MOTHER WAS A COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER TOO.

SHE WAS ALWAYS JUST REALLY PROUD OF LORETTA FOR MAKING SOMETHING OF HERSELF AND ALWAYS REMEMBERING HER PEOPLE.

>> I HAD NOTHING AFTER I LEFT BUTCHER HOLLOW NEITHER UNTIL I CAME BACK TO NASHVILLE AND THEN I STARTED MAKING A LITTLE BIT MORE MONEY.

OH, I WENT INTO THIS GOODWILL STORE, SALVATION ARMY.

AND I COME OUT AND IT WAS CHRISTMASTIME AND MY PRODUCER WAS STANDING OUT IN FRONT.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE WAS DOING OUT THERE, TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH.

I CAME OUT OF THE SALVATION ARMY AND HE SAID -- MY ARMS ARE FULL.

I HAD ALL THE KIDS SCHOOL CLOTHES.

I BOUGHT THE KIDS SCHOOL CLOTHES.

HE SAID, "LORETTA, DON'T YOU LET NOBODY SEE YOU WALKING AROUND THAT SALVATION ARMY.

YOU'RE A MEMBER OF THE GRAND OLE ARMY."

I SAID, WELL THEN THEY BETTER PAY ME MORE.

>> I SEE IN SONGS THINGS I'D LIKE TO SAY TO THE WORLD SOMETIMES WHEN I WRITE A SONG.

AND I THINK THERE'S MORE PEOPLE THAN JUST ME OUT THERE THAT LOVE THAT KIND OF STUFF.

I MEAN, THERE'S JUST A LOT OF SONGS THAT I LOVE TO SING.

>> ONE OF MY BEST CHILDHOOD MEMORIES IS WHEN WE WENT TO SEE COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER.

>> SISSYSPACEK IN HER OSCAR WINNING ROLE.

>> YOU HAD TO STAND IN LINE FOREVER TO GET INTO THIS MOVIE.

IT WAS THE BIGGEST THING EVER IN EASTERN KENTUCKY.

AND MY AUNT TOOK ME TO -- ALWAYS TOOK ME TO THE MOVE IZ.

SHE WAS ONE OF THE FEW PEOPLE IN MY FAMILY.

SHE WOULD TAKE THEM TO THE THEATER.

I REMEMBER WE STOOD IN LINE JUST FOREVER AND WE WERE WAY BACK IN THE BACK LINE.

I WAS ABOUT 10 YEARS OLD AND YOU KNOW, WE WERE TIRED OF STANDING THERE, TIRED OF WAITING.

I SAID WHY ARE WE WAITING SO LONG FOR THIS MOVIE?

SHE REMOVED AND LOOKED DOWN AND ME AND AS SHE EXHALED SMOKE, SHE SAID, "WELL, BECAUSE SHE'S ONE OF US.

THIS IS A MOVIE ABOUT US."

>> THERE'S SO MUCH I MISS ABOUT KENTUCKY.

I WAS JUST A KID WHEN I LEFT THERE.

I GOT MARRIED AND I DON'T THINK I WAS THROUGH GROWING YET.

AND I THINK I ALWAYS HAD A BAD FEELING ABOUT LEAVING KENTUCKY.

AND LEAVING THE HILLS.

AND I ALWAYS FELT THAT I LEFT BEFORE I GREW UP.

AND IT WASN'T WHAT I REALLY WANTED.

IF I COULD GIVE ADVICE TO THE YOUNG GIRLS, I WOULD SAY WAIT UNTIL YOU'RE OLD ENOUGH TO GET MARRIED BEFORE YOU GET MARRIED AND LEAVE THE HILLS OF KENTUCKY.

YOU NEED TO BE GROWN UP A LITTLE.

BUT YOU KNOW, I DID A SHOW ONE TIME, I THINK -- WAR WHERE IT WAS AT.

BUT A PASTOR CAME TO THE BUS.

THEY'D STOPPED TO EAT, THE BUS HAD.

AND SEEN MY NAME ON THE BACK OF THE BUS AND HE CAME TO THE BUS.

HE KNOCKED ON THE DOOR.

THE REST WAS EATING IN THE RESTAURANT.

HE SAID I WANT YOU TO KNOW YOU'RE THE ONE WHO SAVED MY LITTLE 15-YEAR-OLD GIRL.

HOW DID I DO THAT?

HE SAID THE SONG YOU WROTE OUT AND CAME OUT WITH "WHAT KIND OF A GIRL DO YOU THINK I AM?"

IT MADE ME FEEL GOOD.

HE LOOKED UP AND ME AND SAID, "I'LL TELL YOU SOMETHING ES, I GOT SAVED WHEN I LISTENED TO YOU SING THE THIRD MAN" I SAID THIS TRIP HAS REALLY BEEN WORTH TAKING.

BECAUSE THAT'S PROBABLY THE BEST THING ANYBODY COULD EVER SAY TO ME.

I DO MISS KENTUCKY.

I SURE DO.

BECAUSE IF I'M HOME AND I'M -- MY MIND GOES TO WANDERING, IT'S RIGHT BACK IN BUTCHER HOLLOW.

RIGHT BACK TO BUTCHER HOLLOW AND THE THINGS I DID THEN.

I GUESS THAT'S WHAT REALLY GOT ME READY FOR EVERYTHING.

♪ I'M PROUD TO BE A COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER ♪ I REMEMBER WELL THE WELL WHERE I DREW WATER ♪ THE WORK WE DONE WAS HARD AND I WOULD SLEEP BECAUSE WE WORKED HARD ♪ NEVER THOUGHT OF EVER LEAVING BUTCHER HOLLOW ♪ WELL A LOT OF THINGS HAVE CHANGED SINCE WAY BACK THEN ♪ NOT MUCH LEFT BUT THE MOORES.

EXCEPT THE MEMORIES OF THE COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER.

>> MISS LORETTA LYNN.

YEAH.

>> FOR OVER HALF A CENTURY LORETTA LYNN HAS CHARTED NEW TERRITORY WHILE REMAINING TRUE TO HER KENTUCKY ROOTS.

SHE'S A REAL TREASURE.

BACK IN THE 1790S CLARK COUNTY WAS FORMED OUT OF PORTIONS OF FAYETTE AND URBAN COUNTIES, FROM THE BEGINNING IT WAS THE SITE OF COMMERCIAL AND AGRICULTURAL ENTERPRISES, DISTILLERIES, HEMP AND TOBACCO FLOURISHED.

IN 2004, THE BLEEP BLM OPEN BLUE HERITAGE MUSEUM OPENED ITS DOORS.

>> IT WAS BUILT IN THE 1890S.

IT'S A ROMANNESQUE REVIVAL HOME.

THIS IS A HISTORY MUSEUM BUT THE HOME HAS A HISTORY IN ITSELF.

I'M WITH SANDY STOLTZ THE MUSEUM DIRECTOR.

HOW YOU DOING.

>> I'M FINE.

>> GOOD TO SEE YOU.

FIRST OF ALL, TELL US ABOUT THE ROOM WE'RE IN.

>> THIS WAS USED AS A HOSPITAL FROM 1927 TO 1971.

WE HAVE ORIGINAL ARTIFACTS HERE IN THE BUILDING AT THE TIME IT WAS A HOSPITAL.

OF COURSE YOU CAN SEE THE CLINIC SIGN.

THAT'S ORIGINAL TO THE BUILDING.

>> THIS IS JUST ONE EXHIBIT, THE ROOM WE'RE IN.

BUT WE'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT MORE.

YOU WANT TO TAKE A LOOK?

>> OH, YES.

>> ALL RIGHT.

>> ARTIFACTS RANGE FROM 1700S TO EARLY 1900S.

THE ROCKING CHAIR IS FROM THE CIVIL WAR TIME FRAME 1860S.

THIS GALLERY SHOWS QUILTS AND WHAT THINGS WOULD BE LIKE IN THE HOMES.

ONE OF THE MOST INTERESTING THINGS WE HAVE IS A CHICAGO COTTAGE OR BEGAN BUILT AROUND 1885T.

WAS GIVEN TO US BY A RESIDENT HERE IN CLARK COUNTY.

IT'S WONDERFUL BECAUSE IT KIND OF FITS THE TIME FRAME OF THIS HOUSE.

YOU COULD IMAGINE THAT MAYBE THIS ORGAN WOULD BE IN A HOUSE LIKE THIS.

>> RIGHT.

>> WELL, YOU WOULD EXPECT IN CLARK COUNTY QUITE AN AGRICULTURE EXHIBIT.

>> CLARK COUNTY IS BASED ON AGRICULTURE FROM THE VERY BEGINNING WHEN IT WAS SETTLED IN THE 1790S.

START OFF WITH CATTLE AND TOBACCO AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

>> WELL, SANDY, LET'S TALK TURKEY.

YOU KNOW, I KNOW FOLKS LOCALLY KNOW ABOUT THIS, BUT I WAS SURPRISED TO FIND OUT THAT CLARK COUNTY HAD TWO OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST TURKEY OPERATIONS BACK IN THE DAY.

>> RIGHT.

>> SO THIS PLACE REALLY STOOD OUT NATIONALLY.

>> IT DID.

WE HAD TWO TURKEY FARMS.

THE BROWNING FARM AND BERRYMAN FARM.

IF YOU BOUGHT TURKEY IN CALIFORNIA YOU'D PROBABLY BE GETTING TURKEY FROM CLARK COUNTY.

>> LOOK AT THE PICTURE PRESENTING PRESIDENT EISENHOWER WITH A THANKSGIVING TURKEY IN 1954.

>> RIGHT.

USUALLY THEY TAKE THEM UP THERE AND THEY'RE PARDONED BUT THIS TURKEY WAS EAT EP FOR THANKSGIVING DINNER.

>> WELL, THIS IS QUITE A BIT OF HISTORY I LEARNED ABOUT FOR CLARK COUNTY AND WE'VE GOT TOBACCO EXHIBITS.

OF COURSE I WAS EXPECTING TO SEE THAT BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A TRADITION ALL OVER THE STATE OF KENTUCKY.

TELL US WHAT ALL WE SEE.

>> WELL, WE HAVE A TOBACCO CENTER.

IT WAS GOING TO BE A TEMPORARY EXHIBIT UNTIL WE GOT THE TOBACCO SETTER, ONCE WE GOT IT IN HERE, WE KNEW THEY WEREN'T GOING TO GET IT BACK OUT.

AND WE LEFT THAT IN HERE AND BUILT AROUND IT.

>> AND IN THE DISPLAY CASE AS I SEE THE DREADED TOBACCO SPEARS.

I ACTUALLY HAVE SCARS FROM THOSE.

>> THAT'S WHY WE DIDN'T WANT TO PUT IT OUT.

>> THIS ROOM TO ME REALLY SHOWCASES HOW YOU ALL DEPEND ON FAMILIES IN THE COMMUNITY TO DONATE SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT TO THEM.

FAMILY HEIRLOOMS FOR THE SAKE OF THE COMMUNITY.

TELL US WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE.

>> WELL, WE'VE GOT UNIFORMS IN HERE FROM THE WAR OF 1812 ALL THE WAY UP TO WORLD WAR II AND THE GAS MASK THAT WAS INVENTED BY A PERSON IN PARIS, KENTUCKY.

>> I DID NOT KNOW THAT.

>> GARRETT MORE BEGAN INVENTED THE GAS MASK.

>> WE HAVE ALSO A CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR WINNER HERE.

>> WE HAVE A SECTION OF OUR TOUR DEDICATED TO HAROLD JEFFERSON WHO THREW HIMSELF ON A BOMB TO PROTECT HIS MEN IN THE FOXHOLE AND POSTHUMOUSLY WAS AWARDED THE COXAL MEDAL OF HON-CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR.

>> YOU HEAR ABOUT THAT AND THAT IS THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE.

MY GOODNESS.

THIS GUY IS NOT FROM CLARK COUNTY BUT YOU ENDED UP WITH HIS UNIFORM.

>> WE SURE DID.

>> THIS IS FRANKLIN WHO WAS IMMORTALIZED BY IWO JIMA MEMORIALIZED BY ROSENTHAL.

WHICH ONE IS HE.

>> I WANT TO MENTION THAT THIS PHOTOGRAPH IS ORIGINAL TO THAT TIME PERIOD.

HE'S SECOND FROM THE LEFT WITH A RIFLE SLUNG OVER HIS SHOULDER.

>> HE'S FROM FLEMING COUNTY, KENTUCKY.

NOW, THE SAD THING WAS HE WAS KILLED, WHAT?

ONE MONTH -- >> ONE MONTH AFTER THEY RAISED THE FLAG.

>> IN THE PACIFIC THEATER.

>> MM-HMM.

>> SARAH, COULD YOU ASK THE FOLKS TO HURRY UP?

I'VE BEEN WAITING HERE A MIGHTY LONG TIME.

>> PARTY LINE.

>> I'LL JUST HAVE TO COME BACK LATER.

WE'RE IN THE TELEPHONE ROOM EXHIBIT HERE.

AND YOUNG FOLKS JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT WE WENT THROUGH, THE SOCIETY, JUST TO TALK TO EACH OTHER OVER THE DECADES, DO THEY?

>> THEY DON'T.

ONE OF THE THINGS THEY LOVE THE BEST IS TO COME OUT OF THAT TELEPHONE BOOTH OR TO GO INTO IT.

THEY WANT TO SEE HOW MANY THEY CAN GET IN THERE.

THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT YOU PUT QUARTERS IN TO TALK ON THE TELEPHONE.

>> OR NICKELS AT THAT PARTICULAR TIME.

>> WE'VE GOT GREAT COLLECTIONS OF INSULATORS AND EXAMPLE OF THE LINES.

>> THIS IS ORIGINAL TELEPHONE POLES, ORIGINAL LINES, ORIGINAL INSULATORS.

>> TELL ME WHAT THE PURPOSES OF THE INSULATORS ARE.

>> THEY'RE THERE TO KEEP THE STATIC FROM THE LINE.

SO, IF THE INSULATORS WERE BROKEN, THEN YOUR LINE WOULD HAVE STATIC ON IT.

THE LINEMAN WOULD HAVE TO GO OUT AND TRIAL JUDGE THROUGH THE MUD AND SNOW TO FIND OUT WHICH POLE IT WAS.

>> I WAS BORN IN 1958 AND I REMEMBER THE PARTY LINE.

I HEARD MORE GOSSIP ON THOSE PARTY LINES THAN A FELLA OUGHT