— Hazard
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Document date
Thursday 13th of September 1917
Transcription Notes
Finished our packing, paid my bill, and caught 10 train for Hazard where we arrived an hour late at 1.30. Hazard a beastly place, mining operations everywhere, the greater part of the town new and all of it filthy. Full of raw crude people tumbling over each other dollar-hunting — the one and all engrossing occupation. Hotel quite nice but rooms hot although in other respect large and airy. Water from the river dirty & I imagine foetid, as at Jackson. Drinking water from well. In the afternoon look around and are properly disgusted with all we see. It is a literal Hell on Earth. Call on Miss Bertha Little who is kind & nice but not over intelligent — her grandfather founded this place and she is unaccountably proud of the fact. I should keep it mum if I were her and spare her grand-dad’s reputation!Location
USA : Kentucky : Jackson [37.5531457,-83.3835135]
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