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The Pack Horse Librarians of Kentucky

The Pack Horse Librarians provided library service to remote areas of the Kentucky Mountains. They would stuff their saddlebags or a pillowcase with books and strike out by horseback or mule. "You had to be hearty, being able to clamber up the side of a mountain on a horse," says Heather Henson.

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