INTRODUCTION

The Elkhorn City Area Heritage Council, Inc. is a non-profit corporation made up of member citizens from the Elkhorn City area who are interested in the preservation of the local culture and heritage of Elkhorn City and the surrounding communities. The mission statement of the ECAHC, Inc. is attached as appendix A.

PAST HISTORY OF THE FLATS

The Potter Flats was settled by the descendants of Richard Potter, who is buried at Potter's Knoll within the Breaks Interstate Park. The Potter Flats was a primitive and beautiflil piece of land located at the mouth of the Breaks Canyon along the raging waters of the Russell Fork of the Big Sandy. The Potter Flats has a unique history comprised of rugged Native American Indians and pioneers. The Flats has a mystique which included hard working men and women, moonshiners, ouilaws, and early frontiersmen. In fact, Daniel Boone's fffst steps in Kentucky were in all taken in the Breaks area and the Potter Flats in 1767.

The Potter Flats was not a mining town, although a mine did run for a short period of time m the 1940's and 50's. All homes located were cabms, not camp houses. The following photograph are of people who lived and worked in the Potter Flats. Notice the homes are all hand hewed cabins not coal mining camp houses.

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