Interview with Julian Beatty, August 11, 1987

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Segment Synopsis: Tape is blank for the first two minutes.

Partial Transcript: Well, see, almost the entire community looked at it as if it was destroying their property and the entire town

Segment Synopsis: Julian Beatty talks about the effect on the community with the building of the dam, and the floods of '37 and '61.

Keywords: Building of the dam; Financial aspects; Land owners

Subjects: Eddyville (Ky.)--History; Floods--Kentucky; Kuttawa (Ky.)--History

Partial Transcript: Well, uh, I guess, of course, Frank Tanner was mayor at that time.

Segment Synopsis: Julian Beatty talks about the people who helped determine the location of the lake.

Keywords: Barkley dam; Councilmen; Dr. Woodson; Frank Tanner; Jim Noble Smith; S. M. Martin; William brothers

Subjects: Barkley, Lake (Ky. and Tenn.); Housing; Mayors; Sheriffs

Partial Transcript: He ran, he ran in Kuttawa. What he said in Kauttawa...

Segment Synopsis: Julian Beatty talks about the people with power, the buying up and loss of housing, and poverty.

Keywords: Displaced homemakers; Financial aspects; Moving out of county; Paul Malloy; Property purchases; Relatives; Rental property; Rivalry

Subjects: Church; Family; Housing; Power

Partial Transcript: And then, also, uh, there was a lot objected to it...

Segment Synopsis: Julia Beatty talks about the petitions and mass meetings of persons who objected to the way the move was being handled.

Keywords: Displacements; Editorials; Logistics; Mass meetings; Newspaper articles; Objections

Subjects: Petitions

Partial Transcript: Yes, I believe at that time...

Segment Synopsis: Julian Beatty talks about the city limits when the town of Eddyville was relocated.

Keywords: Annexation; City limits; City officials; Lee Jones; Logistics; New Eddyville; Replacement of facilities; Replacing the water lines and the streets; State Route 93

Subjects: Relocation, Forced

Partial Transcript: Who is Otha Murnsey?

Segment Synopsis: Julian Beatty talks about the division between Eddyville and Kuttawa. He talks about how the Corp of Engineers went the cheap route in regard to the relocation by buying only selected properties.

Keywords: City council; Land waste; Otha Murnsey; Roads; Selling and buying the property

Subjects: Eddyville (Ky.); Kuttawa (Ky.)--History

Partial Transcript: He approached them, really, through...

Segment Synopsis: Julian Beatty talks about the attempt at political persuasion for the move.

Keywords: City council; Fairview, Ky.; Frank Tanner; Jim Smith; Petition

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Segment Synopsis:

Partial Transcript: ...after the dam came in...

Segment Synopsis: Julian Beatty talks about the last people to move out of Eddyville and Kuttawa. He talks about how Kuttawa got the short end of the relocation deal. He and an unidentified woman also talk about their efforts to get gas and water to the area.

Keywords: County officials; Forced out; Holding on; Kuttawa Gas; Mineral Mounds (Ky.); Mock elections; Rosette Beatty; Water lines; school fire

Subjects: Consolidation; Kuttawa (Ky.)--History; Princeton (Ky.); Relocation, Forced; Schools

Partial Transcript: Just to counteract some of the things...

Segment Synopsis: Julian Beatty talks about his run for cit council, the taxes, city limits, and the error.

Keywords: City limits; Lyon County City Housing Projects

Subjects: City council members; Elections; Taxes

Partial Transcript: Really, I don't know why, he was made city attorney.

Segment Synopsis: Julian Beatty comments about Lee Jones becoming the city attorney.

Keywords: Personal comments

Subjects: Elections; Petitions; Politics