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February 7, 2010
From Our Files for Feb. 7
100 Years Ago — 1910 Boyle County records show that $500 per month is being paid out to ...

February 3, 2010
From Our Files for Jan. 31
100 years ago — 1910 At the regular monthly meeting for the Danville Board of Counc ...

February 3, 2010
Looking Back: Perryville coverlet from 1865 makes its home in Tennessee
By BRENDA S. EDWARDS
PERRYVILLE — A coverlet made about 1865 by a Perryville woman is featured in a book, “Of Coverlets — t ...

January 24, 2010
The Dryes: A brief look at a prominent Casey County family and their times
By ALLAN R. LEACH
Several years ago, at an auction held on Rolling Fork in northern Casey County, a small box of very old family pictures ...

January 22, 2010
From Our Files for Jan. 24
100 YEARS AGO The first comet of 1910 can now be seen after 6 p.m. in the west near th ...

January 17, 2010
Looking Back: Crab Orchard Springs attracts people from all over the world
By BRENDA EDWARDS
CRAB ORCHARD — Crab Orchards Springs in this small town in eastern Lincoln County drew thousands of people from al ...

January 3, 2010
Looking Back: Wolves in the courthouse
By ALLAN R. LEACH
Did you know that there are wolves in the Lincoln County Clerk’s Office? At one time, there were whole packs of th ...

December 27, 2009
Looking Back: Name Game: Dix or Dick's, river has intriguing history
By ALLAN R. LEACH
From a historical perspective, there is probably no geographical landmark in the Southern Bluegrass region of Kentucky m ...

December 20, 2009
Looking Back: From our files for Dec. 20
100 years ago — 1909 (Editors note: This excerpt from the 1909 newspaper is a p ...

December 20, 2009
Looking Back: Medical Pioneer, 200th anniversary of Dr. Ephraim McDowell's groundbreaking surgery
By BRENDA EDWARDS
Friday marks the 200th anniversary of the first abdominal surgery performed in the wilderness of Kentucky by Dr. Ephraim ...

December 14, 2009
From Our Files for Dec. 13
100 years ago — 1909 The Board of Council of the city of Danville has passed severa ...

December 14, 2009
History: Boyle County stone house was built by John Pope about 1803
By ALLAN R. LEACH
There are many historically significant stone houses throughout central Kentucky and the Boyle County region has many go ...

December 14, 2009
State historical society seeks volunteers to serve as docents
FRANKFORT — The Kentucky Historical Society is seeking volunteers to serve as Hands-on History Cart docents from M ...

December 8, 2009
Trace roots at the family history workshop in Frankfort
FRANKFORT — The Kentucky Historical Society and the Kentucky Genealogical Society will host a free family-history ...

December 7, 2009
From Our Files for December 6
100 years ago — 1909 There was wild excitement at the train depot yesterday by the ...

December 4, 2009
Looking Back: State Historical Library has wealth of genealogical research materials
By BRENDA EDWARDS
Family history buffs who are searching for their ancestors may want to check out the Kentucky Historical Society Martin ...

November 30, 2009
Does anyone know these people at the old Middleburg school?
This group photograph was taken about 1910 in front of the old Middleburg College building which stood where the old Mid ...

November 30, 2009
From Our Files for Nov. 29
100 years ago — 1909 The immense line of Christmas goods will be on display at the ...

November 29, 2009
Looking Back for November 29
By BRENDA EDWARDS
With the vast amount of information available, people wishing to find out more about their families often wonder how and ...

November 23, 2009
Looking back: Randolph and family plagued by land deal gone wrong
By BRENDA S. EDWARDS
(Editor’s note: This is the final in a series of articles about three Randolph brothers, Nath ...

November 23, 2009
From Our Files for Nov. 22
100 years ago — 1909 Mrs. Nannie Mitchell of Harrodsburg has been elected president of t ...

November 23, 2009
Looking back: Prominent Crab Orchard resident left a very unusual will in 1884
By ALLAN R. LEACH
One cannot help but marvel and wonder about what must have been going through the mind of Henry W. Farris when he wrote ...

November 16, 2009
Looking Back: From Our Files for November 16
100 YEARS AGO - 1909 When the Boyle Circuit Court convenes in January, a new leaf should be tu ...

November 16, 2009
Veterans urged to tell stories
FRANKFORT — If you are an active duty member of the military, a veteran, a National Guardsman, a reservist or a ci ...

November 16, 2009
Looking Back: Randolph story continues
By BRENDA S. EDWARDS
Nathaniel F. Randolph, a pioneer surveyor, arrived in Kentucky in May 1774, two weeks after James Harrod and his party a ...

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