Harlan

Kentucky, United States
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Also known as: Mount Pleasant

Harlan, city, seat of Harlan county, southeastern Kentucky, U.S., in the Cumberland Mountains, on the Clover Fork Cumberland River. It was settled in 1819 by Virginians led by Samuel Howard and was known as Mount Pleasant until renamed in 1912 for Major Silas Harlan, who was killed during the American Revolution at the Battle of Blue Licks (August 19, 1782). After the railroad arrived in 1911, the town developed as a shipping point for lumber and coal. Between 1900 and 1938, and again in 1974, Harlan was the scene of violent labour disputes between the miners and the operators of ...(100 of 190 words)