Interview with Ken Hisel, April 18, 2017

Project: Scott County (Kentucky) Public Library: Scott County Stamping Ground Tornado of 1974 Oral History Project

Interview Summary

Ken Hisel talks about growing up in Scott County, helping his father in the newspaper business, and taking a class at the University of Kentucky when the tornado hit Stamping Ground in 1974. He talks about his experience driving back to Scott County, aiding with cleanup, problems with looting. the military units that came to the area and about the curfews that were set. Hisel talks about the organizations that provided supplies to those in need after the tornado. He also discusses other disasters around Scott County including another tornado, a tractor trailer accident, and a pesticide truck accident.

Interview Accession

2017oh319_scpl005

Interviewee Name

Ken Hisel

Interviewer Name

Julia Taylor

Interview Date

2017-04-18

Interview Keyword

Stamping Ground Tornado 1974 Bank facilities Clean up activities Football. School sports. Football team Bridges--Accidents Hamilton Oil Company Disaster communications Environmental disasters.

Interview LC Subject

Newspapers--Kentucky. Childhood Families. Photography. Printing. Printing industry. Printing machinery and supplies. Printing--Periodicals. Printing presses. Stamping Ground (Ky.) Tornado damage Tornadoes. Scott County (Ky.) Georgetown (Ky.) Natural disasters

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Hisel, Ken Interview by Julia Taylor. 18 Apr. 2017. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.

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