Hale then swears his love for June, who is now the sophisticated lady she always had wanted to be, but when he refuses to avenge Buddy's death except through the law, she rebukes him. When the Falins dynamite the bridge to the mine, Buddy is accidentally killed, and June returns for the funeral. As winter descends upon the hills, Buddy learns the alphabet from Hale, but Dave, resistant to change, leaves the Tollivers. When June refuses to return home, Hale sends her to his sister's home in Louisville. After defending himself against Dave, Hale fights the Falins, while Dave escapes with June. Dave, believing Hale's business deals are a subterfuge for stealing June, goes after the couple with a rifle, but comes into trouble with the Falins, who wait for him in Gaptown. ![]() When Hale encourages June to get an education, she insists on following him into Gaptown, hoping to become sophisticated there. June visits Hale frequently with her young brother Buddy, who idolizes the engineer. Judd Tolliver refuses to sign Hale's contract when he learns the railroad will cross Falin land, but acquiesces when Hale promises financial prosperity for his indigent family. Dave plans to marry his cousin June, but she quickly becomes infatuated with the educated Hale. When Hale first arrives at the Tolliver home, he finds Dave, a visiting nephew, dying of gangrene and saves his life. As another generation upholds the vengeful "code of the Lonesome Pine," city engineer Jack Hale comes to mine the coal on their land and bring the railroad to the area. We invite you to explore the experiences we have captured, and we welcome all and any suggestions you have as to possible places or events that would augment what we have presented here.For years the Falins and Tollivers, hill families of Kentucky, have been feuding for reasons long forgotten. Enchanted and fascinated with the history as well as the geography of our beautiful country, we regularly travel to places and events where we can experience them – capturing images of the country as well as the engaging and committed people we meet who are dedicated to learning about and preserving both. However, this enterprise resists being pigeonholed or constrained and has grown to be more than a simple travel blog. Watching the film of the same name released in 1936 and starring Henry Fonda was enough to cement the choice. This name fitted well in a number of ways, not least that I started this quest on the Blue Ridge Parkway (the “Trail”). Thinking I would start a travel blog, I brainstormed names with my family – mainly due to the references to Virginia and pine trees in the song from Laurel & Hardy’s 1937 film “Way Out West” we tentatively settled on “The Trail Of The Lonesome Pine”. Whether it was the feel of the mountain air, the colour of the tree lines on the horizon, the excitement in the voices and faces of the people I met, or the majesty of a single towering pine tree, I knew that I wanted to share how I experienced these places as much as capture their images. However, as I busied myself in pursuing this – scouting for suitable vistas, setting up shots, talking with locals and fellow travelers and so forth – I found myself being seduced by the majesty and beauty of the setting I was in. My intention was to set about establishing a stock of panoramic and scenic images that I could build on subsequently as I developed and honed my craft. ![]() With this ambition nagging at my mind, I embarked on a trip along the Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia and North Carolina in the summer of 2017. ![]() ![]() As a professional photographer I have always aspired to the kind of scenic tableaus that regularly awe readers of formidable publications such as National Geographic.
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