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Unincorporated community in Kentucky, United States From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Fiddle Bow is an unincorporated community located in southwest Hopkins County, Kentucky, United States.[2] It was populated as early as 1913.[3] The town takes its name from a black oak tree that once lived in the area that had the appearance of a violin bow. A notorious highwayman, Micajah Harpe (AKA Big Harp), one of the Harpe brothers, was reputedly executed in the area.[4]
Fiddle Bow was home to an underground coal mine owned by the Pittsburgh and Midway Coal Company. As of 1980 it had a production capacity of 250,000 tons a year.[5] A strip mine was also located at Fiddle Bow with a production tonnage of 11,767 tons in 1980.[6]
In 1986 water from an old mine created what locals dubbed the "Fiddle Bow Geyser", with water spraying more than 50 feet in the air from a vent pipe.[7]
Oil was discovered at Fiddle Bow in 1968.[8]
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