Credits

  • Grant Funding
  • National Trust for Historic Preservation
  • Virginia Foundation for the Humanities
  • Virginia Tourism Corporation
  • Ratcliffe Foundation
  • Other Funding
  • Southern Youth in Action
  • Mickey McGlothlin
  • Executive Producer
  • Mike Rowe
  • Produced by
  • Andrew Reed & Friends of Breaks Park
  • Directed by
  • Andrew Reed & Curtis R. Mullins, Jr.
  • Narrated by
  • Mike Rowe
  • Written by
  • Curtis R. Mullins, Jr.
  • Music Production by
  • Will MacMorran
  • Classical Music Coordination
  • Jane MacMorran
  • Director of Visual Effects
  • Barry Thompson
  • Compositors:
  • Sari Jones
  • Greg Twigg
  • Jesse Hollis
  • 3D Artists:
  • Wesley Meeks
  • Cole Harris
  • Motion Graphics
  • Barry Thompson
  • Executive Editor
  • Andrew Reed
  • Assistant Editors
  • Adrian Smith
  • Alex Smith
  • Beniam Legesse
  • Bradley Loader
  • Christian Wright
  • Courtney Lovern
  • Dario Bennett
  • David Chapman
  • Eric Helvey
  • Ezekiel White
  • Jackson Hussey
  • Jacob Rhine
  • James Prouty
  • Joseph Holland
  • Kaitlin Massie
  • Lauren Gregory
  • Markus Corey Skaggs
  • MaryAnn Fletcher
  • Octavian Crutcher
  • Patrick Whitaker
  • Sarah Kinney
  • Travon Hutchinson
  • Zachary Greene
  • Assistant Camera
  • Aaron Asbury
  • Adrian Smith
  • Beniam Legesse
  • Bradley Loader
  • David Chapman
  • Jade Slone
  • James Prouty
  • Joseph Holland
  • Kalkidan Abate
  • MaryAnn Fletcher
  • Robiel Kidane
  • Director of Aerial Photography
  • Ryan Mullins
  • Kayaking Footage
  • Andrew Reed
  • Courtesy of AMONGSiT & Gareth Tate
  • Courtesy of Kentucky Education Television (KET)
  • Kayaking Aerial Photography
  • Gareth Tate, Courtesy of AMONGSTiT
  • Adam Hopkins (aerial photography of El Horendo Rapid)
  • Final Audio Engineering
  • Matt Wood - Senior Engineer, One Union Recording Studios
  • Project Administrative Assistant
  • Yedidya Kerreta
  • Appearances:
  • Paul Patton, 59th Governor of Kentucky
  • Brent Austin, Director, American Whitewater
  • Jack Ditty, III, MD, Kayaker
  • Mark A. Blair, Kayaking Friend of Jon Lord
  • Gene Counts, Director, Friends of Russell Fork
  • Donald A. McGlothlin, Jr., Judge (ret) 29th Judicial Circuit of Virginia
  • Ned Irwin, Co-Author, The Last Empire Builder
  • Charles Hockensmith, Archeologist, Kentucky Heritage Council (Retired)
  • Professor Fred Alsop, PhD, Director, George L. Carter Railroad Museum
  • Tom Klatka, Archeologist, Virginia Department of Historic Resources
  • Donald Edward Davis, Author, Where There Are Mountains: An Environmental History of the Southern Appalachians
  • Kathy Shearer, Author, Tales From the Moonshine Trade
  • Austin Bradley, 7th Park Superintendent
  • Chris Slone, Great-Grandson of Sam Hurley
  • Voiceovers:
  • Wanda Beery as 19th Century Breaks Tourist
  • James Daugherty as Edward Alfred Pollard
  • Michael McGlothlin as Kelly J. Day
  • Carolyn Matney as Margie Hayes Lawson
  • Rodney Ruth as Walter Cole
  • Ella Tolliver as Southwest VA Farmer
  • Larry F. Compton as Joe Tribble
  • Randall Ramey as Glen Elliot
  • Paul Platt as US Senator Robert Enoch Withers
  • Peter Carmack as Charles Dudley Warner
  • Wanda Beery as 20th Century George Carter Observer
  • Stewart Harris as George Carter
  • William Neeley as John Fox, Jr.
  • John L. Roe as Bruce Hopkins
  • Tim Jones as OK Morgan
  • Tim Jones as Union General John Wilder
  • Susan Mullins as Dixie Cantrell
  • Other Appearances:
  • Yedidya Kerreta
  • Nahom Sisay
  • Autumn Mullins
  • Sadie Mullins
  • Isabelle Mullins
  • Sergio Vaidal
  • Kirk Eddleman
  • Virginia Sweetwater
  • Dannon Hayden
  • Matt DeHart
  • Scott Schumaker
  • Shaker Village
  • Philip McIntosh
  • Jonathan Todd
  • Photos, Art, Newspaper, & Archive Film Footage:
  • Frontier Art courtesy of David Wright Art (davidwrightart.com)
  • Courtesy of Archives of Appalachia, East Tennessee State University, William Cary Hattan Collection
  • Courtesy of Archives of Appalachia, East Tennessee State University, University Photographs
  • Courtesy of Archives of Appalachia, East Tennessee State University, James Goforth Photographs
  • Courtesy of The Everett Collection, Inc. A Tax Collector is Tarred
  • Kentucky Historical Society, 1990ph2.1BOD24
  • Kentucky Historical Society, 1987ph08.Pike.295
  • Kentucky Historical Society, Graphic5.Box17.147
  • Kentucky Historical Society, 1987ph08.Pike.291
  • Kentucky Historical Society, Graphic5.Box17.148
  • Kentucky Historical Society, 1990ph2.3JEFL26
  • Kentucky Historical Society, 1987PH08.290
  • Kentucky Historical Society, 1987ph08.Pike.293
  • Kentucky Historical Society, Graphic5_Box20_81
  • Kentucky Historical Society, Graphic22_Box1_6_4
  • Kentucky Historical Society, Graphic22_Box1_6_5
  • Kentucky Historical Society, Graphic29_Box1_FF31
  • Kentucky Historical Society, Graphic5_Box20_86
  • Kentucky Historical Society, Graphic5_Box20_92
  • Kentucky Historical Society, Graphic5_Box15_322
  • Courtesy of Great Smoky Mountains National Park Archives
  • Great Smoky Mountains Regional Project
  • Virginia Historical Society. Painting; James Walter Carter by Oswald Birley (1985.21)
  • The Courier-Journal
  • From The Great Railroad Revolution by Christian Wolmar, copyright 2012. Material used with permission of Public Affairs, a member of The Perseus Books Group.
  • © 2014, Trains Magazine, Kalmbach Publishing Co., reprinted with permission. www.TrainsMag.com
  • Dickensonian Newspaper (courtesy of Rose Sutherland)
  • Historic Timber photos & footage courtesy of the Forest History Society, Durham, N.C.
  • House Divided Project at Dickinson College
  • Bureau of Reclamation for use of the photo (“IMMERSED REMAINS: TOWNS SUBMERGED IN AMERICA”)
  • The Register-Herald
  • Harry Downing Temple, Jr. Papers, Special Collections, Virginia Tech
  • ETSU Photographic Services
  • Library of Congress
  • Dickenson Star
  • Virginia Mountaineer
  • Appalachia News-Express
  • Authors’ Collection
  • Paul Mays Photography courtesy of the Breaks Interstate Park
  • The Associated Press
  • Big Sandy News
  • American Lumberman
  • National Archives
  • Scribner’s Magazine
  • Pete Angelos - http://webpages.charter.net/marlofan/webimages/ccc.jpg
  • Gay Lee Deel (granddaughter of Elijah Rasnick, herb doctor from Nora, Va.)
  • Ashley Mullins (“Old Butler” Sign)
  • Clinchfield Railroad images courtesy of C.K. Marsh
  • Gerald Delong (Mike Munn Memorial / Fist Rock)
  • Melinda Lord-Isaacs (Jon Lord Images & Journal)
  • Mountain Mission School (black & white farming images)
  • Sebert Sisson Collection (courtesy of Ned Irwin)
  • Thomas O. Maher (Gen. John Wilder)
  • Kathy Dingus (1950s image of Breaks)
  • Flora Rush / Jesse Stewart Collection
  • Ralph Griffith
  • Mary Ann Post
  • Paul Addington
  • Kathy Shearer
  • Robert “Bob” Culbertson
  • Brenda Salyers
  • Marie Rasnick Fetzer
  • Dolly Musick
  • Helen Bush
  • Gene Counts
  • Courtesy of Poath TV
  • Content
  • Major Contributions Courtesy of
  • Where There Are Mountains: An Environmental History of the Southern Appalachians by Donald Edward Davis, copyright 2000. Material used with permission from University of Georgia Press.
  • The Last Empire Builder: A Life of George L. Carter, 1857 – 1936 by Ray Stahl and Ned Irwin, copyright 2012. Material used with permission from East Tennessee State University.
  • Tales from the Moonshine Trade by Kathy Shearer, copyright 2011. Material used with permission from Clinch Mountain Press.
  • From The Great Railroad Revolution by Christian Wolmar, copyright 2012. Material used with permission of Public Affairs, a member of The Perseus Books Group.
  • Other Contributions Courtesy of
  • Engineering News-Record
  • The Courier-Journal
  • © 2014, Trains Magazine, Kalmbach Publishing Co., reprinted with permission. www.TrainsMag.com
  • Mountain Mission School (http://mmskids.org/)
  • Big Sandy News
  • Blue Fox Guild of the John Fox, Jr. Museum located in Big Stone Gap, VA
  • American Whitewater
  • Forest History Society, Durham, NC
  • American Lumberman
  • Hardwood Record
  • Dickenson Star
  • Virginia Mountaineer
  • Appalachia News-Express
  • Neal Hammon (Daniel Boone Society)
  • The Charlotte Observer
  • Coal Transportation Statistics courtesy of CSX Corporation
  • Energy Information Agency (Department of Energy)
  • Courtesy of the Chesepeake & Ohio Historical Society
  • Dickensonian Newspaper (courtesy of Rose Sutherland)
  • The Heritage of Dickenson Co., VA
  • Margie Lawson Quote courtesy of Hellen Bush
  • Dickenson County Courthouse
  • Gary Fleming, Ecologist, Virginia Department of Conservation & Recreation
  • The Associated Press
  • Reprinted from Advances in Ecological Research, M.E. Harman, et.al., Ecology of Coarse Woody Debris in Temperate Ecosystems, 198, Copyright (2004), with permission from Elsevier
  • Scribner’s Magazine
  • Audio Engineering for Historic Quote Voiceovers
  • Nathan Henry
  • Music
    • The Russell Fork
    • Written, Performed & Engineered by Will MacMorran
    • Guitar, Whistle, Tenor Banjo, Accordion, Bass: Will MacMorran
    • Violin: Aynsley Porchak
    • © 2016
    • The Breaks
    • Written, Performed & Engineered by Will MacMorran
    • Accordion, Banjo: Will MacMorran
    • Violin: Jane MacMorran
    • Piano: Jane Morison
    • © 2016
    • The Grindstone
    • Written, Performed & Engineered by Will MacMorran
    • Bouzouki, Accordion: Will MacMorran
    • © 2016
    • Adieu Sweet Lovely Nancy (traditional)
    • Arranged, Performed, and Engineered by Will MacMorran
    • Guitar: Will MacMorran
    • Violin: Aynsley Porchak
    • Engineer: Will MacMorran
    • Battle of the Breaks
    • Written, Performed & Engineered by Will MacMorran
    • Guitar: Will MacMorran
    • Engineer: Will MacMorran
    • © 2016
    • Booth Shot Lincoln (traditional)
    • Fiddle: Kalia Yeagle
    • Banjo: Tyler Hughes
    • Guitar: Kristal Harman
    • Engineer: Will MacMorran
    • Come Thou Fount
    • Melody by John Wyeth “Nettleton”
    • Text by Robert Robinson
    • Guitar, Whistle: Will MacMorran
    • Piano: Jane Morison
    • Violin: Jane MacMorran
    • Engineer: Will MacMorran
    • Crystal Stream Waltz (traditional)
    • Performed and Arranged by Empty Bottle Stringband
    • Violin: Ryan Nickerson
    • Banjo: Tyler Hughes
    • Stephanie Jeter: Autoharp
    • Bass: Raymond McLean
    • From the album Travelin’ Man
    • Engineer: Ben Bateson
    • Used with permission.
    • Fuzzy Rag
    • Performed And Arranged by Kris Truelsen.
    • From the playing of Riley Puckett
    • Guitar: Kris Truelsen
    • Engineer: Will MacMorran
    • Searching the Desert for the Blues
    • Performed And Arranged by Kris Truelsen.
    • From the playing of Blind Willie McTell
    • Guitar: Kris Truelsen
    • Engineer: Will MacMorran
    • Hector the Hero
    • Written by James Scott Skinner, 1903
    • Arranged by Will MacMorran
    • Violin: Jane MacMorran
    • Piano: Jane Morison
    • Cello: Cherylonda Fitzgerald
    • Engineer: Will MacMorran
    • High Up On Tug (traditional)
    • Fiddle: Kalia Yeagle
    • Banjo: Tyler Hughes
    • Engineer: Will MacMorran
    • Mississippi Sawyer (traditional)
    • Fiddle: Kalia Yeagle
    • Banjo: Tyler Hughes
    • Engineer: Will MacMorran
    • O Ro (traditional)
    • Performed, Arranged, and Engineered by Will MacMorran
    • Accordion: Will MacMorran
    • Piano: Jane Morison
    • Papa’s Billy Goat (traditional)
    • Performed and Arranged by Kristal Harman
    • Guitar: Kristal Harman
    • Fiddle: Kalia Yeagle
    • Banjo, autoharp: Tyler Hughes
    • Engineer: Will MacMorran
    • The Chestnut Blight
    • Written, Performed & Engineered by Will MacMorran
    • Guitar: Will MacMorran
    • Engineer: Will MacMorran
    • © 2016
    • The Easy Winners
    • Written by Scott Joplin, 1901
    • Piano: Jane Morison
    • Engineer: Will MacMorran
    • The Moonshiner’s Waltz
    • Written, Performed & Engineered by Will MacMorran
    • Guitar, Whistle: Will MacMorran
    • Violin: Aynsley Porchak
    • Piano: Jane Morison
    • © 2016
  • Natural Sounds
  • Birds & other nature sounds courtesy of Mark A. Dunaway (http://www.thebiologyzone.com/)
  • Steam Engine sounds courtesy of the Tweetsie Railroad (http://tweetsie.com/)
  • Horse sounds courtesy of Kentucky Horse Park (http://www.kyhorsepark.com/)
  • Gavel sound courtesy of Pricilla Harris, Tanya Moore & Appalachia School of Law (http://www.asl.edu/)
  • Gun Shot sounds courtesy of James Daugherty
  • Model A sounds courtesy of Tom Witten
  • Crowd Murmur sounds courtesy of:
  • Misgana Taye, Yadel Negash, Kerubel Kebede, Stephen Iriho, Michias Taye, Timothy Rogers, Hermon Gebrezgiabher
  • Whiskey Rebellion sound courtesy of:
  • Tim Jones, Kalem Jones, Cody Jones, John Wagnon, Javen Wagnon, Ryan Mullins, Wendy Wagnon, Elizabeth Jones, Lisa Jones, Susan Mullins, Ashley Mullins, Eden Wagnon, Wesley Wagnon, Autumn Mullins, Sadie Mullins, Isabelle Mullins
  • Script Edits (content)
  • Dr. Ron Roach, Chairman of Appalachian Studies
  • C.K. Marsh
  • Gary Flemming, Ecologist, Virginia Department of Conservation & Recreation
  • Paxton W. Allgyer
  • Donald Edward Davis
  • Ned Irwin
  • Kathy Shearer
  • Austin Bradley
  • Clifford Morris
  • Script Edits (grammar)
  • Patricia Hertzog
  • Katie Hoffman
  • Legal Services
  • Legal Services provided by Stacey A. Davis, LLC
  • Special Thanks
  • University of Pikeville Edna Fugate (UPIKE Library)
  • Joe Hardesty (Louisville Free Public Library)
  • Larry Dale Smith
  • Janice Whitaker, Peggy Caler, Ella Riner, & Richard Blakemore for their constant encouragement
  • & Mountain Mission School (http://mmskids.org/)
  • In Memory of Our “Big Dog” Curtis Mullins, Sr.