Leslie County, a mountainous, rugged, isolated, and beautiful county in Kentucky's Eastern Coal Field region, was named for Preston H. Leslie, governor of Kentucky from 1871 to 1875, and was formed in 1878. Its county seat, Hyden, was founded in 1882 and named for state senator John Hyden, one of those responsible for establishing the county. For years, the county's rugged terrain caused such isolation that supplies were brought up the Middle Fork of the Kentucky River by canoe and small boats, and not until the 1880s did a passable road connect Leslie County with the rest of Kentucky. Contained by Daniel Boone National Forest, the county is rich in hardwoods, and these abundant natural resources have supported industries including lumber mills and coal and lignite mines. Buckhorn Lake and the Middle Fork of the Kentucky River are the major water sources, though streams are numerous. The principal creeks, Cut-Shin and Hell-Fer-Sartin, supposedly received their colorful names from a disillusioned pioneer who tried to cross the swollen creeks after heavy rains. Among the county's towns and villages are Confluence, Cutshin, Sizerock, Smilax, Stinnett, Thousandsticks, Wooten, and Wendover. Leslie County is known worldwide as the home of the Frontier Nursing Service, founded by Mary Breckinridge in 1925; her home, Wendover, is listed in the National Register of Historic Places and is now a popular bed and breakfast. The county is also rich in Bluegrass and traditional music, and Grand Ole Opry stars Bobby and Sonny Osborne of the Osborne Brothers were born in Hyden.