Page 10 -13 -- Burton
Stagecoach's Heritage Runs Deep In Wayne County
PHOTOS: Stagecoach scene on Ferry,
at Burnside Post Office, and along the road in Pulaski Co.
Page 14-16 -- Bloody Riot
Interrupted Election Of 1870 In Harrodsburg, Kentucky
Page 17-20 -- River Ferries
Were A Vital Part Of Kentucky's Transportation
PHOTOS: Trail of Tears Wagon
Train on October 13, 1988 and old ferry scene.
Page 21-22 -- Recollections
Of The Night Abe Lincoln suffered Martyrdom
PHOTOS: Abe Lincoln, Abe Lincoln
on death bed.
Page 23-24 -- Artist's Paintbrush
Brings "West End" Of Berea To Life
PHOTO: Business Block of Berea,
Madison County, 1940s.
Page 25-29 -- Reporter Tells
Of Exciting 1901 Ride With John Wright's Posse
PHOTOS: Noah Reynolds and members
of the Ku Klux gang, ca. 1901; woodlands of Letcher County.
Page 30-32 -- Confederate
James A. Bradley Served On Chickamauga Battlefield
PHOTOS: James Andrew Bradley;
Guns at the Chickamauga Battlefield.
Page 33-34 -- John Rowan's
Name Shines Among Great Kentuckians
PHOTO: John Rowan
Page 35-37 - The Steamboat
Was The Way To Travel Throughout The 1800s
PHOTOS: The H. M. Stafford;
View of Catlettsburg Wharf; Ladies Wait On Dock; The Cricket.
Page 38-40 -- Historic Shelby
County Was Early Site Of Cattle Development
PHOTO: Site Map; Tobacco ready
for auction; Jersey heifers grazing.
Page 42-43 -- Recollections
Of The Old Two-Room School
PHOTOS: 1951
students at Blackey Elementary in Letcher County; Mrs. Inez Baker,
teacher.
Page 44-46 -- Part I: The
Early Development Of Carter Caves State Resort Park
PHOTOS: Justice;
Carter Caves pavilion ca. 1930-31; First cave guide.
Page 47-49 --
1897 Bowling-Thornburg Wedding Was An Elaborate Affair In Pikeville
PHOTOS: Bowling-Thornburg
Wedding Party
Page 50
-- Monument Marks Site Of First Court Held In Crittenden County
PHOTOS:
Marker
Page 58-59
-- Reminiscences Of Gen. Castleman's Imprisonment At Camp Morton
PHOTOS:
Frank and Joann McGuire Shell And Family
Page 60-61
-- A Young Citizen Soldier Tells About "Kitchen Police"
Duty At Camp Knox In 1923
Page 62
-- Short Gleanings From Collins's 1878 Historical Sketches Of Kentucky: Little Known & Mostly Forgotten -- From
One Of Kentucky's Most Noted History Books.
Pulaski County, Green County, Nicholas County, Johnson County,
Cumberland County, Daviess County, Henderson County
Page 64 --
Kentucky Explorer Book
Page: Readers are invited
to send in their books and other projects (pertaining to Kentucky)
to appear on this page.
An Owens Pioneer, Celebrity Relatives,
Coal Bank Hollow, The First 4-H Club Center, Kentucky Roots,
The See Family, Grand Army Of The Republic, Kentucky Lawyers
Page 66
-- Old-Time Recipes
To Enjoy Conducted by Darlene
Howard
Hominy Croquettes, Macaroni With Corn,
Braised Beef, Sunshine Cake, Stewed Cabbage, Asparagus With Green
Peas.
Readers' Photos
Page 4-- Lovely ladies of Madison
County, 1914.
Page 5 -- Colson's Saloon in
Bell County, 1890.
Page 6 - George Marcum/Bowlin
Brothers Feed Mill in Clinton Co.
Page 7 -- Family of Mary Chappel,
Casey County, 1950s.
Page 8 -- Great Heart Coal Marker,
Harlan County.
Page 9 -- Children of Flora Belle
Settle Milburn, 1966.
Page 15 -- Red Goose Bus (Cover
Photo), Daviess County.
Page 20-- Leslie
Hale Soda Fountain, Muhlenberg County, 1925.
Page 24 -- Chevrolet dealership,
Madison County, ca. 1930.
Page 34-- Dodd's Cotton Gin,
near Hickman on the Mississippi River.
Page 41 -- Homeplace of Rev.
and Mrs. (Bessie) C. L. Bruington, 1910.
Page 49 -- Are these the children
of George Proctor and Nancy Graves? Is this mother and baby descendants
of Benjamin S. Duncan?
Page 58--
James Greenwood Rogers known as "Wildcat" Jim Rogers
and wife, Petty Martin Rogers, Zachariah in Lee County.
Page 59
-- A Mystery Photo. Possibly Wills family in Montgomery or Powell
County area. 1850s-1860s.
Page 60--
Everett Tipton and Lula Pearl Tipton, Estill County.
Page 62
-- Big Guns of Mackville High School, 1958-59 Washington County
Tournament.
Page 63
-- Conner brothers, sons of Garley and Sally Conner, Madison
County, 1950s.
Page 64-- Richard S. Smith and
Nancy Ann Creech Smith, Lee County.
Page 66 -- Henry and Margrett
Jones Osbourn, 1940s.
Page 68-- George Stephen Pawley
Family of Hardin County.
Page 69 -- Great-Grandchildren
of Mike McRoberts, Rock Fork, Rowan County, 1936./John and Nancy
Pittman, Casey County.
Page 70 -- Eli Newton and children,
Lee County, ca. 1940.
Page 71-- James W. Blevins and
Sarah Blevins; Rowena Kelley. Photo belonging to Jack Howard
of Brodhead.
Page 73 -- Brooksville Elementary
School, Bracken County, Kentucky. Stagner family of Madison County.
Page 74 -- Eunice Dehart Richardson,
ca. 1949, daughter of Levi and Vada Dehart of Morehead, Rowan
County.
Page 75-- Maple Grove School,
Rockcastle County, 1968-69.
Page 76 -- Cabin on Bee Branch,
Wolfe County.
Page 77 -- Classes at Norton
Branch School, Carter County, 1923-24.
Page 78 -- Old Regular Baptist
Ministers from Knott-Perry County area.
Page 79 -- Flossie Combs Whitaker,
Avawam, Perry County. Allen family, Cumberland County, 1940.
Page 80 -- Two-man chainsaw,
1955, Boyd County.
Page 81 -- Mabel Martin Wyrick.
Page 82 -- Skaggs/Fyffe family,
1931, Lawrence County.
Page 83 -- James and Jahazy Caudill,
1938, Slate Branch, Breathitt County.
Page 84 -- Dean family at Hays
Crossing, Rowan County.
Page 85-- Fint family photos,
Henry County.
Page 86 -- Taulbee family, 1935
on Devil's Creek in Wolfe County.
Page 87 -- Painting of Plummers
Mill School in Fleming County.
Page 88 -- John Raymond and Rosa
Breeze Stevens, Mason County. Omar Purvis, Bath County.
Page 89 -- McNutt family, ca.
1894, Bullitt County.
Page 90-- Miller family, 1942,
Knott County.
Page 91-- Gross family members,
Leslie County.
Page 92 -- Cochran family, Russell
County, ca. 1912 .
Page 93 -- Slick Rock School,
Jigwater Branch, Madison County.
Page 94 -- Croley family, 1915,
Williamsburg.
Page 95 -- Peck family members,
Greasy Ridge, Stanford, Lincoln County.
Page 96 -- Haynes family, Breathitt
County, 1915.
Page 98 -- Caswell Woosley drafted
into the Army, 1941.
Page 99-- Group at WMIK Radio
Station in Middlesboro ca. 1949
Page 102 -- Shortest creek in
Kentucky, Pulaski County.
Page 103 -- Faulkner Cemetery
in Powell County.
Page 104 -- Alfred Hollon of
Breathitt County. Letcher County prisoners quarrying stone in
1940.
Page 105-- Lee Moore and Kathleen
Hobbs, Pine Ridge, Wolfe County.
Page 106-- Owingsville High School
Class of 1951.
Page 107 -- Steed children, Fayette
County.
Page 108-- Mabel Moore Hicks.
Page 110 -- Ladies in front of
the depot in Bagdad, Shelby County.
Other Features
Page 16 -- Sketches of Kentucky's
Great Outdoors: Ruffed Grouse In Kentucky
Page 32 -- Thoughts To Ponder
From The Kentucky Philosopher
Page 51 -- Kentucky Roadside
History Markers - They Tell The Story Of Our State: Sassafras
Tree In Owensboro, Daviess County
Page 52 -- Wise And Otherwise
Page 67 -- Word Puzzle: Bourbon
County's Leading Men
Page 72 -- Songs Kentuckians
Were Singing 100 Years Ago: There's Music In The Air
Page 53-54 Kentucky's 1879 State Gazetteer: A Look
At Kentucky Towns
Arlington, Ballard County
Albany, Clinton County
Athens, Fayette County
Backbone, Elliott County
Crab Orchard, Lincoln County
PHOTOS: Main
Street, Lebanon, Marion County; F.A. Neider Co., Automobile and
Carriage Trimming Factory in Augusta, Bracken County; Boeckley's
Pharmacy, Latonia, Kenton County. (All photos in early 1900s.)
Page 51
Kentucky Genealogy
Websites: Each month The Kentucky Explorer presents
websites related to genealogy in Kentucky for our growing number
of readers who use computers and the Internet.
Kentucky's German-Americans In The Civil War
Grayson County Historical Society
Rockcastle County
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listed, please e-mail us at: kyexgen@tgtel.com
Page 56-57 Readers Share Postcard Views ca. 1910
Logan County Courthouse
Middlesboro Hotel, Bell County
Governor's Mansion, Frankfort, Kentucky.
August Belmont's stock farm about 1910.
Hotel Irvin Cobb, Paducah, McCracken
County.
Sherwood Avenue in Cherokee Park, Jefferson
County.
Page 68-72 Kentucky Genealogy Help Line: Queries are published
free up to 50 words as space is available.
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Hamlin-Ford, Patterson, Kelley-Pendleton.
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Page 76-95 I Remember
By Our Readers -- From All Over
Kentucky
Mishaps and Adventures
Medicine Man
A Factual Folklorist
The Fyffe-Skaggs Family
A Child Of Breathitt County
Mom and Pop
Growing Up In Wolfe County
Life In And Around Plummers Mill
Some Memories Of Rockcastle County
Depression Day Underwear
Getting Stock To Market
A Town Like Mayberry
Page 96-97
Strictly Kentucky Genealogy Various
materials to aid in Family History Research.
Hanes
Page 100-101
Readers Share Old Photos
Sayre School's sixth grade, 1940s. (Fayette
County)
Bee Beard
Southern Railroad #4501
Beekeeping students in beehive factory,
Grayson County.
The Barnes Family of Irvine, Estill
County, Kentucky.
Buckhorn School staff.
Gordon R. "Smokey" Hopkins
and Geraldine "Geri" Amburgey Hopkins, 63 years of
marriage.
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