No doubt, you’ll drive to Wendover and think you’re on the wrong road. It’s barely one lane, full of pot holes, and seems like it could come to an abrupt end at any second. Then, out of nowhere, Wendover's single-room post office turns up on your left. Just past the only official town building, the original Frontier Nursing Service (FNS) compound peeks down on you from the hillside above.
Up a rocky, green, blanketed slope sits a series of turn of the century buildings, including Mary Breckinridge’s log house (“the big house”).
With the Middle Fork of the Kentucky River rolling on your right, you turn up the gravel drive.
This is where the adventure begins.
About Me
- fns courier
- Couriers came about when Mary Breckinridge started the Frontier Nursing Service at the beginning of the 20th Century. The courier program began in 1928 to provide non-medical individuals exposure to rural communities, service work, and the FNS mission. Today, the purpose is much the same. I guess the biggest difference is now that midwives have cars and hospitals and there are not all the horses to look after (that was their original mode of transportation), there's a lot more time for other community outreach work.