Pikeville College - Highlander Yearbook (Pikeville, KY)

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Scouting parties of all descrip- tions were not unusual in the days of the coming of the white man into the beautiful game- filled valleys of the Kentucky mountains. First came the Indian braves searching for game. Then came Daniel Boone and the settlers. About that same time, George Washington, a young Virginian, surveying new lands in the Ohio Valley, map- ped the uncharted treasure trove of history and romantic tradition known as the Big Sandy Valley. Later, as the nation was held in the death grip of the Civil War, parties of both the Union and the Confederacy roamed the val- ley in search of food for the war- ring armies. But it was in 1887 that there came into the valley another scouting party, whose entrance was to change the destiny of the whole area more than its prede- cessors had done. None before had had the hope and vision of Dr. W. C. Condit of Ashland, Kentucky, and Dr. Samuel B. Alderson of Maysville. These two men rode on horseback exploring the Appalachian Mountain area because mem- bers of the Ebenezer Presbytery (of the Presbyterian Church U.S.A.) were concerned that some of America ' s finest people were being neglected both in educational and spiritual devel- opment. To the people of East- ern Kentucky, for centuries iso- lated in the fastness of these rug- ged mountains, came Drs. Con- dit and Alderson, joined now by Dr. James P. Hendricks of Flem- ingsburg. They found homes that welcomed them. Men and

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Milestone 85 In 1974 Pikeville College celebrates its eighty- fifth anniversary. Looking back on the first eighty- five years one sees a steady growth brought about by the vigor and determination of people associated with the college. Now Pikeville College looks toward the next eighty-five years with this same vigor and determination that have helped to make it one of the leading private colleges in Kentucky. ■J ' ■ ' -. .. ■:. ' . j - - ■ ' - . ' ■- ' ■■■ .