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https://mtassociation.org/wp-content/uploads/Breckinridge_Leslie-County.png1640924Exactly 100 years ago, Mary Breckinridge began traveling the hills of Eastern Kentucky on horseback to explore what medical services were like in the mountains. In summer 1923, she traveled approximately 600 miles through Leslie, Knott, and Owsley counties, visiting with families and existing medical providers. Two years later, at age 44, Breckinridge returned to […]