When Yamacraw Bridge was constructed it was the largest concrete bridge of its kind.
The Webb-Hammock Company supply house, the miners bathhouse and the company store at the Zenith Community along North White Oak Creek.
A thriving community in the early 1900's, No Business was abandoned in the 1960's. Today no structures are left standing.
Stearns depot and rail lines seen in the mid 1900's.
The class of 1905 stands in front of the school house in Worley, Kentucky.
1905 photograph of miners at the Stearns Coal and Lumber Company town of Worley.
NPS Collections photo: photo of the first National Park Service Rangers, taken 1914.
NPS Ranger driving a NPS vehicle through a mudhole in No Business Creek in Big South Fork National River and Recreation.
Firefighter Using Drip Torch Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Caden Jacobs, Oneida Elementary Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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Chimney Rock Fire Fireline Near Chimney Rock Cemetery
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Firefighter Dousing Hot Spot Along Fireline
Senators speaking at establishment of Big South Fork NRRA Public domain photograph - military parade, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
This 1919 photograph shows (left to right) Will J. Miller, Harve Slaven and Ellen Miller slaughtering a hog on their farm in the No Business Community.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers conducted an aerial survey of the Big South Fork River in 1925 providing a rare glimpse of the land and its settlement.
Comargo was a mining town located along the Big South Fork River. While not a Stearns Company town, coal was hauled out on the Stearns Company railway. The town was destroyed by a flood in March of 1929.
Children at Zenith in the 1930's enjoying a john boat excursion on North White Oak Creek.
This barn was built by Oscar Blevins on his property in 1963.
Photograhed in the 1970's this old barn is no longer standing in No Business.
The decaying remains of an abandoned home were still visible in the 1970's when this photo was taken.
No Business was once a thriving community. These images were taken in the 1970's, now even these building are gone.
The Blue Heron coal tipple stands abandoned some ten years after the coal mining operations closed.
These old structures, photographed in the 1970's were all that remained of the No Business Community, now they to are gone.
The free-flowing Big South Fork of the Cumberland River and its tributaries pass through 90 miles of scenic gorges and valleys containing a wide range of natural and historic features. The area offers a broad r More
Needle arch is one of hundreds of sandstone arches found throughout Big South Fork NRRA. Needle Arch is located 1.2 miles from the Sawmill Trailhead on the Slave Falls hiking trail.
The Twin Arches are believed to be the largest sandstone arches in the Eastern United States. They exist end to end on a narrow ridge and are differentiated from each other as the South Arch and North Arch.
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2016 Photo Contest Winner Cultural Category
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2018 Photo Contest Winner Action & Adventure Category
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Photo taken in winter months of 2006 from the East Rim Overlook showing the Big South Fork of the Cumberland River and the associated river gorge.
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Split rails were used for fencing back in the days when No Business was an active community.
A small steam enging (0-6-0) sits atop the newly completed Yamacraw Bridge.
The Blue Heron Tipple processed coal from mines on both sides of the Big South Fork River.
The Davis house is seen standing in the foreground with the Blue Heron tipple in the distance.
A front view of the Parch Corn Hunting Camp Lodge, later renamed to the Charit Creek Lodge.
Two buildings are all that remain of one of the many farmsteads which once dotted the No Business landscape.
An abandoned home in No Business slowly decays. Public domain photograph of a cabin, log house, dwelling in National Park, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Angel Falls Rapids, normally a Class III - IV rapids at normal river levels, looks very different at 8 CFS.
The Sessile Trillium is also known as the Toadshade Trillium. Public domain scan of drawing, botanical illustration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The John Tays store in Zenith, Tennessee. Zenith was a small coal mining community located along the banks of North White Oak Creek.
The Kidd Store and Post Office located in Cooperative, Kentucky. This was typical of many country stores located throughout the area.
Miners Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Marion Miller, Will Miller and Harve Winchester with their horses in the No Business Community.
The white bloom of the Snow Trillium stands out against the dark green of its leaves.
The Big South Fork. Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Blue Phlox Public domain photograph of a wildflower close up, nature, flowers, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Morning Russel Arch found in the backcountry of Big South Fork.
Two ladies pose near the company store in Blue Heron. The machine shop can be seen clearly on the hill.
Erosion has carved deep recesses called rockshelters throughout the cliff lines in Big South Fork.
W.O. Frogge, Robert Deal, and "Coon" Latham standing in front of a Stearns logging camp shack near Redmon Mountain.
This log barn is located on the Lora Blevin's farm. Public domain photograph of a barn, farm, small home in Sweden, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Srearns Coal and Lumber Company sawmill and log holding pond in Stearns, Kentucky.
One of hundreds of remote arches in Big South Fork, one can only guess how this name was derived.
Bluets Public domain photograph of a wildflower close up, nature, flowers, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The cutting machine was used to cut along the bottom of a coal seam so that when the coal was blasted loose it would drop down and not shoot out.
Large sizes of coal wal loaded onto a rail car using a boom which helped prevent the coal from being broken into smaller sizes.
Wagon Arch is said to be so named because a wagon road once crossed the arch.
The White fringless orchid, listed as a federally threatened species, is found in isolated seeps withing Big South Fork.
Butterlfy Milkweed Public domain scan of drawing, botanical illustration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Angel Falls Rapids is a Class III or IV rapids located below the Leatherwood Ford Area.
Massive boulders near the Leatherwood Ford on the Big South Fork River.
Devil's Jump Rapids located on the Big South Fork River in Kentucky.
Four students (rear l-r) Tusco Winchester and Will Miller (front l-r) Ellen Miller and Mandy Spradlin take part in a school march at the No Business school.
4th of July celebrations in Stearns, KY.
Stearns Coal and Lumber Co. operated a sawmill in Stearns, Ky. Lumber was fed into this site from logging camps throughout the region.
Slave Falls tumbles over the lip of a rockshelter and drops into the pool below.
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South Twin Arch Public domain photograph of a cave, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Chimney Rock is a sandstone formation standing some 20 tall. It is located adjacent to the Station Camp Road.
Needle Arch is located along the Slave Falls Trail. Public domain photograph of a cave, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Water falling from the lip of a rock shelter reflects the sun.
Ice formations under an arch in the winter. Public domain photograph of a cave, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
This is one of hundereds arches hidden in the Big South Fork.
Wild flower in bloom near the Angel Falls Rapids.
Erosion and time have carved this chimney rock out of the native sandstone of the Cumberland Plateau.
The Cumberland sandwort is listed as a federally endangered species. The flower is found only in the shaded rockshelters of the Cumberland Plateau.