This is rough terrain. Relief is four hundred feet or more in most areas. This makes it unsuitable for farming or other development.
Red Oak Ranch sits on the Cumberland Plateau, in eastern Kentucky, near the Virginia state line. This is rough terrain. Relief is four hundred feet or more in most areas. This makes it unsuitable for farming.
The mining operation takes away the coal and plows the remaining dirt into the valleys. This creates a landscape that’s a pleasant walking experience for people and a happy feeding ground for our cattle.
Surface mining fixes that. It takes away the coal and plows the dirt into the valleys. So the landscape becomes a pleasant fairground for people and a happy feeding ground for our cattle.
Everyone lives in the valleys. Roads naturally follow the rivers. Red Oak sits above them all. When the fog comes in, the tops of the mountains and hills rise up like islands in a sea of mist.
Red Oak remains a hidden gem; it sits above the valleys and rivers. When the fog comes in, the tops of the mountains and hills rise up like islands in a sea of mist.
Here. Enjoy some more pictures of the land that makes up Red Oak Ranch.
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Late evening 8-1-18
Sunset
Pink Sunrise With Clouds
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Cows grazing on reclaimed land.
Reclaimed land
7-26-18 back country
The top of the ranch.
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Partly cloudy day over the grass.
Sunny day over short grass.
Sunny day over short grass.
Red Oak home place
Hill to the right; grass ahead.
Hill to the right; grass ahead.
The ranch is far ahead, beyond the hood of the car.