[1] The Cumberland and Manchester Railway built a spur line up the creek, and it has been the site of operations of at least eight coal mining companies.
[2] However, the station on the spur line, a loading depot for the coal mining operations, was named Hima.
[8] The postoffice moved around to several locations along Horse Creek and Kentucky Route 80 over the years, its name becoming Pigeonroost in 1894, until it closed in 1974, its final location being two miles downstream of Pigeon Roost Creek and 5 miles (8.0 km) south-west of Manchester.
[10] The problems of acidic outflow and sediment affecting the downstream waters of Goose continued to be reported in 1979.
Richardson for building the road and John C. White for supplying 200,000 feet (61,000 m) of timber for trestles.