The Kentucky River Hardwood Company is not as well remembered today as is the is the Mowbray-Robinson Mills, but in fact at this time (1913) the KRHC was much bigger than M-R. This scene shows loading logs onto a narrow guaged dinky train somewhere up South Fork.

As the population of the village of Quicksand grew so did the graded school. From a single roomed school in 1910, a much larger building is evident in this 1917 photo. The old building served the community well for nearly 70 years as a grade school, hospital and high school.

The hey-days for Quicksand were still five or six years away but this photo shows that early operations were established and booming in 1912. Notice the big store to the left. Dr. Hoge's office is at center and the early mills at top right and bottom right.

Logging families of Quicksand were faithful church-goers. Here in 1918, members of the Quicksand Presbyterian Church gather for a group picture. This building is one of the few that remains.

Dr. M. E. Hoge, the company doctor for Mowbray-Robinson at Quicksand, is fondly remembered by older residents of this county. Shown here with his horse, he traveled over hill and dale to doctor. (1915)

There were no water plants at Quicksand during the "Boom Days" just old wooden water tanks. This one was located near today's Community Building.

The big bosses--these men were the early brains behind the early company lumbering operations in Breathitt County and Eastern Kentucky. This meeting on the South Fork of Quicksand in 1914 included (1st row l--r): Green Watkins, Dr. M. E. Hoge, Dr. Hobbs, Frank Hardwick, Fallen Campbell, John Anderson, Hoy Miller, John Blanton, Charles Patton, Grover Miller, and Cleta Bays. (2nd row l--r): Mr. Bell, Sam Watkins, Steve Hammonds, South Strong, Dr. Thompson, Hiram Bays, and Sam Guyton.

Living in a lumber camp was not all work. Here the entire population of Quicksand is pictured after the 1912 Easter Egg Hunt. (The population would soon jump to over 1000 as the boom came.