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06/01/2024

01/26/2024

The Dukes of Hazard, KY! The real basis for this famous show! Find Hazard and Perry County, KY on Appalachian Gateway 80 in the Backroads of Appalahia Mobile Application! Avaialable now for IOS and Android Completely Free!
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WSGS History: 45 years ago today, “The Dukes of Hazzard" premiered on CBS on January 26, 1979. Although the show’s storyline was fictional, there were some real connections to the real town of Hazard.

"Yes, I've heard of Hazard, KY., said Catherine Bach (Daisy Duke) in a 1979 interview, two years before she visited the Perry County town. "That's where the moonshiner who was interviewed for over 30 hours to get the basis for our show was from. That's where it's all really from," she said.

There was enough dramatic license, taken in producing the show that the folks in Hazard didn't associate themselves with the Duke clan in Hazzard County.

Supposedly the series was set in Georgia, although press releases from CBS only said the series was set "south of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi." Route 421 was mentioned as being nearby in the premier episode.

Catherine Bach is pictured with local pilot I. H. “Buck” Buchanan in his Beechcraft twin-engine plane at the Hazard Airport in 1981.

06/25/2023

05/21/2023

Come on up or down to the Freedom Ridge Welcome Center!!

11/22/2022

Congressman Rogers Applauds a $1 Million ARC Grant for Backroads of Appalachia Nov 21 2022 WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Rep. Harold "Hal" Rogers (KY-05) applauds Backroads of Appalachia for earning a $1 million competitive grant from the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) to promote tourism through ...

10/17/2022

We are just 2 days away from Thunder Beach 2022 with Indian Motorcycles of Panama City Beach and Born to Ride Magazine Southeast!
If your attending the Rally do not forget to stop by and see our booth and display at Indian Motorcycles of PCB, meet our volunteer rally team, and register for your chance to win one of our custom barrel tops donated courtesy of our friend Marty Jordon and ”Written in Stone”. Also stay tuned right here on our page for live coverage of Thunder Beach 2022 starting Wednesday October 19th at 9:00am!

Let’s Rally Appalachia!

09/29/2022

Almost Heaven, West Virginia..
Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River
Life is old there, older than the trees
Younger than the mountains, growin' like a breeze.....

All who grew up here know this song well as do most others but did you know that John Denver was an extremely intelligent man? When he wrote this verse in the song what most do not know is it actually comes from a Fact of Science and Nature. The Appalachian Mountain are some of the oldest mountains on planet earth and the Blue Ridge Mountains are the oldest of the Appalachian Mountain Range. For those of you who have traveled the world like we have then you already know that there is truly no place more beautiful than right here in the Appalachian Mountains of Kentucky, Tennessee, Southwest Virginia, and West Virginia. From the seasonal changes of Spring when everything comes to life to the incredible natural spectacle of nature that is Fall, There is simply nothing like it and it is something you will never forget.
This Fall get in your car or fire up your bike and come to one oldest mountain ranges on earth and witness the magic that is nature in full color. Download the Backroads of Appalachia Mobile Application today with over 4000 miles of GPS enabled routes through the Appalachian Mountains to choose from! Available now for download on IOS and Android absolutely free!

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09/20/2022

If you like the feeling of raw horsepower blast down the track at mind-blowing speeds. Then don't wait another second get to Kentucky Dragway in Clay City Kentucky!

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