Storytelling event begins tomorrow at Breaks

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Martin Van Buren Bates, ‘The Kentucky River Giant,’ center, will be among characters discussed during a three-day storytelling event at Breaks Interstate Park starting tomorrow. Bates married Anna Swan, also a giant, on the left, and they worked for P.T. Barnum and several other lesser circuses all over the world. This image was shared by event organizer Steve Conley.


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