About the ECAHC
The Elkhorn City Area Heritage Council Inc., a non-profit civic organization, was incorporated on Feb. 9, 1999. The mission of the council is to preserve the history, culture and natural beauty of the Elkhorn City area and surrounding communities.
The Heritage Council meets the third Thursday of each month at 7 p.m. at the Elkhorn City Library. The group frequently has special meetings to accommodate guest speakers or to update ongoing projects. All meetings are open to the public. Our mailing address is:
Elkhorn City Area Heritage Council
P.O. Box 1332
Elkhorn City, KY 41522
In our 10 year history, we've overseen a number of projects made possible through the generous support of our funders, individual donors, and volunteers. We're proud of our track record but are dedicated to increasing the scope and impact of projects we choose to pursue.
Elkhorn City is a small town located in Pike County, Kentucky near the Virginia state line. Elkhorn City seats at the mouth of the fabulous "Breaks of the Cumberland Gorge" within 3 miles of the Breaks Interstate Park.
Elkhorn City is a community with many individuals striving to achieve a quality of life that is enjoyable. This would include cultural and material services that will satisfy the needs of many citizens and also characterize the modern age with a deep concern for the historical.
The Elkhorn City Area Heritage Council, Inc., is primarily concerned with recognizing and preserving our many historical places.
A community should be a lot of people striving toward a common good. That could be many individuals with like or diverse interests trying to achieve a quality of life that is acceptable.
A good community would be made up of people that did not criticize every move made by people in authority. City government and people who volunteer services would work together and not polarize themselves from each other. The community would offer many services that would improve the quality of life for its citizens. This would include cultural as well as material services that would satisfy the needs of many and characterize that modern age with a deep concern for the past.
A community should accept the concept of the American dream. All the negatives that surface in a community should be weighed against the positives before any drastic action is taken by the people involved.
The mission of the Elkhorn City Area Heritage Council, Inc., is to protect and to preserve the history, culture and natural beauty of the Elkhorn City Area. These broad goals are to be achieved by implementing an overall plan that is to include the following:
- Develop strong inter-relationships and work cooperatively with Elkhorn City Government to make the Elkhorn City Area a better place to live.
- Keep the citizens of the Elkhorn City Area informed as to the activities of the Elkhorn City Area Heritage Council.
- Have seminars and meetings with all of our citizens and young people to instill pride in our past and present and work toward a better quality of life for the future of our citizens
- The citizens of the Elkhorn City area will have an opportunity to participate in the Elkhorn City Area Heritage Council through membership to discuss and prepare recommendations for the future.
- Citizen interest and participation is very important to the success of improving the quality of life where we live.
- Explore the availability of funds form the Federal, State and County to beautify and make our community more attractive
- To formulate, implement and target types of activities that encourage positive momentum with available opportunities.
- To promote the natural beauty of the Elkhorn City area through tourism opportunities and the promotion of Eco-Tourism.
- To work toward the establishment of an Elkhorn City Area Heritage Center, in which, the beauty and mystery of the area can be displayed in a museum setting, highlighting the history of the railroad, coal mining, logging, the multiple uses of the river, local tales of treasure and other mountain lore.