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Harlan County sits just north of the Cumberland Gap near the intersection of Kentucky, Virginia, and Tennessee. Located in a narrow valley between the Black and Pine Mountains, the area remained uniquely isolated from the outside world. No railroad or highway was introduced until 1910, and the first automobile did not enter the county until 1928. Harlan County retained its seclusion, although the arrival of the railroad spurred the development of the area's coal industry. Coal soon became Harlan County's main industry, and just prior to the Great Depression the county had risen to become one of Kentucky's wealthiest.
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