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The Skees family of Big Clifty, owned several former businesses in the town, including the Jas H. Skees General Store, local funeral home, and railway shipping station and several area farms. |
The Skees family of Big Clifty, owned several former businesses in the town, including the Jas H. Skees General Store, local funeral home, and railway shipping station and several area farms. |
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== Notable Persons == |
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[[File:Tim Skees.jpeg|thumb|Actor Comedian Tim Skees 2015]] |
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Big Clifty is also the hometown of TV and film star, actor and comedian Tim Skees. |
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Many of the stories and persons used in Tim Skees’ comedy routines are derived from actual residents of the town, during his youth. |
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Skees often makes cameo appearances in music videos, TV shows and movies, sometimes appearing as himself or as special characters, ranging from police and fire rescue, thug and gangster roles, to comedy character roles. |
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Also a talented musician, he has played music since age 12, often with the southern gospel group ''The Howards'' and in various other genres of music. |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Revision as of 19:47, 9 March 2020
Big Clifty, Kentucky | |
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  Big Clifty Location within Grayson County  Big Clifty Big Clifty (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 37°32′44″N 86°9′13″W / 37.54556°N 86.15361°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Kentucky |
| County | Grayson |
| Elevation | 397 ft (121 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CST) |
| ZIP codes | 42712 |
| FIPS code | 21-06508 |
| GNIS feature ID | 487153[1] |
Big Clifty is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Grayson County, Kentucky, United States.
History
Clifty Creek crosses U.S. Highway 62 and the P & L railroad several miles to the southwest of Big Clifty. It is said that travelers named the town due to the limestone cliffs that arose on the sides of Clifty Creek. Accounts of residents from the past report that Big Clifty was a "boom town" that at one time had a post office, bank, feed mill, several dry goods stores and restaurants. The Ben Goodman school was the local "country school" and the town had numerous churches. In yesteryear nearby Clarkson was a tourist destination due to the numerous hotels near Grayson Springs, which were visited by guests who wished to experience the sulphur water's curative properties. Big Clifty benefited from the traffic going to Clarkson. Spurrier Mill was a grist mill on the Nolin River, several miles from Big Clifty which was a benefit to the economy. Like many rural Kentucky communities, as passenger rail-use decreased and transportation and commercial shipping routes changed, Big Clifty's boom town status disappeared.
Big Clifty was also the site of tar bitumen oil mines, or “ black rock mines” as they were known in the 20's.
One such mining site was at the end of Crown Rock Road, inside the Big Clifty limits. The mines produced tar from the tar sands that frequent the local geology of the area. | [2]
History
Clifty Creek crosses U.S. Highway 62 and the P & L railroad several miles to the southwest of Big Clifty. It is said that travelers named the town due to the limestone cliffs that arose on the sides of Clifty Creek. Accounts of residents from the past report that Big Clifty was a "boom town" that at one time had a post office, bank, feed mill, several dry goods stores and restaurants. The Ben Goodman school was the local "country school" and the town had numerous churches. In yesteryear nearby Clarkson was a tourist destination due to the numerous hotels near Grayson Springs, which were visited by guests who wished to experience the sulphur water's curative properties. Big Clifty benefited from the traffic going to Clarkson. Spurrier Mill was a grist mill on the Nolin River, several miles from Big Clifty which was a benefit to the economy. Like many rural Kentucky communities, as passenger rail-use decreased and transportation and commercial shipping routes changed, Big Clifty's boom town status disappeared.
The Skees family of Big Clifty, owned several former businesses in the town, including the Jas H. Skees General Store, local funeral home, and railway shipping station and several area farms.
References
Municipalities and communities of Grayson County, Kentucky, United States | ||
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| CDP | ||
| Other unincorporated communities | ||
| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |