Inez, Kentucky
As there was already a post office named Eden, Kentucky, the local postmaster was obliged to rename the town on June 23, 1874.The name is usually held to have been derived from that of Inez Frank, daughter of the Louisa, Kentucky postmaster in neighboring Lawrence County.In October 1889, Milt Haley and Green McCoy, two West Virginia fugitives, were captured and subsequently held at the Martin County Jail.In March 1995, songwriter and musician John Hartford and historian/author Brandon Kirk visited Inez as part of their research on the feud.President Lyndon B. Johnson visited Inez in 1964,[6] landing by helicopter with his party at an abandoned miniature golf course, to promote the War on Poverty.A multitude of coal, gas and oil exploration and affiliated services companies operate in the mineral-rich areas in and around Martin County.
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