OH037 George Bleidt Oral History

Authors

Jerry A. Herndon

Collection Title

West Kentucky - History and Culture - Land Between the Lakes Series

Series Number

OH037

Interviewee

Bleidt, George

Interviewer

Herndon, Jerry A.

Date Interviewed

June 22nd, 1979, and Unknown Date

Processed by

Sheree Wise

Date Processed

February 24th, 2010

Description

2 sound discs (1 hour, 43 minutes)

Abstract

George Bleidt was the postmaster and funeral director for the city of Golden Pond, Kentucky. He discusses how the Tennessee Valley Authority was founded and how it affected the life of the people along the Cumberland and Tennessee Valleys. He describes the positive and negative effects of the Tennessee Valley Authority and how the people of the region received the idea of a wildlife refuge in what is now known as the Land Between the Lakes.

Biographical/Historical Note

George Bleidt was born in the Land Between the Lakes region of Kentucky in 1911. He resided near what was Bleidt, Kentucky prior to the purchase of the Land Between the Lakes. Bleidt attended school at Cumberland, Kentucky and later attended high school in Cadiz, Kentucky. He later worked for the United States Geological Survey in Western Kentucky.

General Information

No user access to original recordings. Use audio user copies, digital derivatives, transcripts, and/or tape indexes. This collection may be protected from unauthorized copying by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code). Permission for reproduction must be requested from Murray State University.

Subject Headings/Descriptors

Tennessee Valley Authority

Land Between the Lakes (Ky. And Tenn.) - History.

Golden Pond (Ky.)

Cumberland (Ky.)

Bleidt (Ky.)

Recommended Citation

Herndon, Jerry A., "OH037 George Bleidt Oral History" (2025). Land Between the Lakes. 7.
https://digitalcommons.murraystate.edu/oh-lbl/7