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Sparksville, KY, geography redux: The Alton Coomer Cut 2012-05-20 - Sparksville, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Just when many of us thought we understood Sparksville, it all changed. A bunch of it in the last week. This is now the main - only it looks like - Eastern Entrance to the Historic Business District of Sparksville, KY, through The Alton Coomer Cut; this is the skyline now associated with the eastern terminus of the Weed-Sparksville Road, now at a historic length. For now, travelers on KY 768 have to stop for main street of Sparksville, once a proud marking place, sandwich and gas stop on the then long trek from Columbia to Burkesville, and a shady stop before air conditioning. The main street of Sparksville now stretches only from the Rudy Campbell suburban residence on the north to the W.L. Harvey place on the south. You won't be able to get to Bird Road from the Maxie Rowe place, either. The picture, of course, begs for someone to send old photos of Page & Fletcher's, of the W.L. Harvey General Store, and of Yank Loy's store from its heyday. Permalink | Comments?

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