[2] The post office was first established as Annalee at the mouth of Big Double Creek on the Red Bird River on 1909-06-11, by postmaster and storekeeper Floyd M.

[2] The land had in the meantime been bought by Fordson Coal Company, with Thomas A. Bird still managing it, and had a large Civilian Conservation Corps camp.

[5] It was part of a bulk purchase of various Peabody holdings throughout Leslie, Clay, Perry, Bell, and Letcher counties, the so-called 12,000 acres (4,900 ha) Peabody Tract, the total price of which was US$2,783,000 and which was estimated to be capable of supplying 20,000,000 short tons (18 Tg) of coal and 500,000,000 feet (150 Mm) of lumber.

[6] Because of conditions imposed by Fordson on its tenants to preserve its coal and lumber interests, the Peabody Tract area in general was without paved roads or telephones until its sale in the 1960s.

[4] In exchange for peppercorn rents of US$10, US$5, or even nothing at all per annum, tenants were required to provide what was termed "Care of Property", putting out forest fires and preventing other people from cutting timber.