Page 10-12 -- Slaying
Of James B. Marcum Brought Hargis-Cockrill Feud Public
PHOTOS: Old Sketch/Jackson ca.
1927
Page 13 -- Daniel Foster Brown,
Sr., Led The Preservation Of Cumberland Falls
PHOTOS: Beautiful Cumberland
Falls/D. F. Brown, Sr./du Pont Family Representatives.
Page 16 -- Memoirs Of The
Civil War: A Union Soldier's Letter Indicated Rebels Fought Like
The Devil
Page 17 -- Near Death, Soldiers
Consoled Each Other On The Battlefield
PHOTO: Sketches of Confederate
and Union soldiers.
Page 19 -- Record Of George
W. Drake, The Mountain Detective
PHOTO: George Washington Drake
Page 23 -- Kentucky's Confederate
Trickster: General Adam "Stovepipe" Johnson
PHOTO: George Washington Drake
Page 27-- The America Crew
Saves Many Lives During Memorable River Disaster
PHOTOS: Warsaw, Gallatin County
Page 30 -- A Look At Pre-Civil
War Homes In Salem, Livingston County
PHOTOS: Martin House/Wright McDaniel
House/Lovelace House
Page 34 - An Unforgettable
Ballgame With The Kingdom Come Kangaroos
PHOTOS: Kingdom Come Settlement
School/1948-49 Combs High School Basketball Team
Page 33-35 - Ghost Of Aunt
Sally Mountain Brought Old-Timer To Prayer
Page 38 -- The Mail Box Tied
The Remotest Places In Kentucky To The World
PHOTOS:
Lawson Post Office in Breathitt County.
Page 39 -- From Newton, Illinois,
To Lincoln County, Kentucky
PHOTOS: Old letter
Page 41 --
Impressions Of Early Owenton
PHOTOS: Monterey
in Owen County/Chapman-Raisor Wedding In Owen County
Page 43 --
Truman, Lincoln Ancestors Were Kentucky Neighbors
PHOTOS: Long Run Baptist Church/Harriet
Louise Gregg Young/Inside Of The Long Run Church/Gregg homestead
in western end of Shelby County.
Page 47
-- Baseball Wonder, R. D. Clark, Discovered By Zach Phelps
PHOTOS: R. D. Clark Of Henry
County/Clark And Brawner Children
Page 48
-- Ed Callahan, Noted Breathitt County Merchant And Politician
Fell To Assassin's Bullet In 1912
Page 49
-- The "Kentucky Rifle" Was An Integral Part Of Pioneer
Heritage
PHOTOS: Old Sketch
Page 58
-- Grandma Was A Master When It Came To Home Remedies
PHOTOS: Gristmill.
Page 61
-- Dan Young Rests In Leslie County: Kentucky Native Shares Fond
Memories Of His Father
PHOTOS: Dan Young
Page 62-63 --
Short Gleanings From Collins's 1878 Historical Sketches Of Kentucky:
Little Known & Mostly Forgotten -- From One Of Kentucky's
Most Noted History Books.
Kentucky counties featured: Allen, Carroll, Clark, Meade,
Butler, Nicholas
Page 64 --
Kentucky Explorer Book
Page
Books featured: New Titles In Melungeon Series/Nature's Spirit/Kentucky
Short Stories/A Person's Past
Page 65 --
My Favorite Place To
Visit In Dear Old Kentucky:
This is a new column that we hope will
be a success. In 300 words or less, you are invited to share
with our readers your favorite place to visit in Kentucky. Please
give reasons, directions, and photos (if possible). Let us hear
from you soon. Thanks!
Camp Creek-Wendover
Page 66
-- Old-Time Recipes
To Enjoy Conducted by Darlene
Howard
Old-Fashioned Potato Soup/Chicken Pie/Snow
Biscuits/Custard/Apple Cake/Ham Croquettes
Readers'
Photos
Page 4-- Old house built by John
Anderson at Levee in Magoffin County.
Page 5 -- Unidentified couple,
possibly Boyd Campbell.
Page 6 - Gang on Maggard Street
in Benham, Harlan County, 1942-43.
Page 7 -- Sgt. Denver Campbell
ten days before he had an accident during a training flight at
Fort Belvoir, Virginia.
Page 8 -- First Hoffman/Froehic
Reunion held in Georgetown, Kentucky.
Page 9 -- Paris Salyers (The
Salyers Family of Lawrence County). Would like information on
Paris.
Page 12 -- View of Cumberland,
Harlan County, Kentucky, in the late 1800s.
Page 18-- Mystery
Photos: Possibly families who lived around Paducah, McCracken
County, Kentucky.
Page 25 -- Wood Hotel In Viper,
Perry County, Kentucky.
Page 29-- John H. Powers known
as the Kentucky Giant.
Page 36 -- Muhlenberg County
School Fair Parade ca. 1913.
Page 46 -- Harlan County photos
ca. 1936 or 1937.
Page 51 -- The 1945 Kentucky
All-Stars
Page 62
-- Daniel and Addie Higginbotham, 1917. Natives of Clinton County,
Kentucky.
Page 63
-- 1961 Lloyd High School, Erlanger, Kenton County, baseball
team.
Page 64--
Silas and Bertha Terry and family, 1923, Knott County, Kentucky.
Page 66
-- Conley brothers, ca. 1942, Falcon, Magoffin County.
Page 68
-- Nancy G. Wilson Wagers Wagers Kelly, ca. 1885.
Page 69-- Hurt/Anderson/Wilson,
ca. 1969, Princeton, Caldwell County; Steele family members,
place and date of photo unknown.
Page 70 -- Evans family members,
1928, Casey County.
Page 72-- Graduating class of
Ghent, Carroll County, Kentucky, High School; Vinson family,
ca. 1908.
Page 74 -- Robert W. "Black
Bob" Combs with his "first" family, Perry County,
Happy community, ca. 1900.
Page 76 -- Adam Reeder Homes
and Dora Combs Holmes, early 1900s at Chavies, Perry County.
Page 77 -- Lucy Jane Bohlender
Bowling, Betty Jean Tomlin, and Joan Huff Bowling, 1947 on Wilder
Branch, Confluence, Leslie County, Kentucky.
Page 78 -- Ethel Porter Blevins
and Albert Blevins, 50th Anniversary in 1978, Ashland, Kentucky.
Page 79 -- Hall family, 1915,
at the Carter homestead on Carter's Branch, Bell County.
Page 80 -- 1951 graduating class
of Fleming-Neon High School.
Page 81-- Allen and Eunice Allen
Wireman, 1940 at Trace Fork, Magoffin County.
Page 82 -- Troop train passing
through Stephensport in 1917. Wants identities.
Page 83-- Mary Elizabeth Wilson
Graf and others, near William David Wilson's blacksmith shop
in Botland, Nelson County, ca. 1900.
Page 84 -- Williams family members,
Christian County.
Page 85 -- Willard Raymond Carr
and Lou Rogers Carr, Bacon Creek, Corbin, Laurel County; Johnson
and Eva Ellis.
Page 86 -- Sudie Ford and David
Willis Ford, possibly in Louisville.
Page 87 -- Yorkshire hog raised
by George Holland at Proffitt Fork Road, Vortex, Wolfe County,
ca. 1968.
Page 88 -- Richard Heddie Vest
and Bessie Hazel Rudd Vest, wedding day 1914, Wolfe County.
Page 89-- Loretta Walker Easterling
and George Kappes, 1941-1946, Carter County.
Page 90 -- First Grade Class
(1947-1948) in Morehead, Rowan County.
Page 91-- James W. Riggs and
son, Ronnie, ca. 1949, at Lost Creek, Perry County.
Page 92 -- Wedding photo of Elzie
Jack Trimble and Oma Craft Trimble, 1914, Barnett's Creek, Johnson
County.
Page 93 -- L&N work crew,
1920s, Willow, Lee County.
Page 94 -- Witt family members,
Chappell, Leslie County; Owen Allen School students, Rockcastle
County, 1958.
Page 95 -- (Cover Photo) Manford
and Nancy Sizemore Collett, Jack's Creek, Leslie County.
Page 96-- Hawkins family members,
Draffin, Pike County, 1936.
Page 98-- Plummers Mill School,
Fleming County, 1940.
Page 99 -- Old Log Rolling Team,
London, Laurel County.
Page 102 -- Dishman and Sarah
Day Hogg, Roxana, Letcher County.
Page 103 -- Marker for John H.
Bassett, a Civil War veteran.
Page 104 -- Birthday shower card
request for Hazel Berube.
Page 105 -- Amos Washington Wheeler
family, Grassy Creek, Morgan County, ca. 1910.
Page 106 -- Jennings daughters,
1927.
Page 107 -- Lykins family, 1922,
Morgan County.
Page 109-- Children at the Odd
Fellows Home in Lexington, Fayette County, 1949.
Page 110 -- Children of James
Clinton and Louella Mitchell Basham, Sinking Creek, Clifton Mills,
Breckinridge County.
Other Features
Page 24 -- Sketches of Kentucky's
Great Outdoors: Kentucky Walleyes
Page 37 -- Kentucky Roadside
History Markers - They Tell The Story Of Our State: Romantic
1825 Tragedy, Nelson County; Founding of Lewisport, Hancock County.
Page 52 -- Wise and Otherwise!
Page 59 -- Thoughts To Ponder
From The Kentucky Philosopher
Page 67 -- Word Puzzle: Kentucky
Historical Events
Page 72 -- Songs Kentuckians
Were Singing 100 Years Ago: Bonnie
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.
Southern Kentucky Past Finders; Green County Genealogical
Society
If you have a website you would like
listed, please write The Kentucky Explorer, P. O. Box 227, Jackson,
KY 41339; or e-mail: kyexgen@tgtel.com
Page 53-54 Kentucky's 1879 State Gazetteer: A Look
At Kentucky Towns
Lynnville, Graves County; Ludlow, Kenton County; McAffee,
Mercer County; Madisonville, Hopkins County; Massack, McCracken
County.
PHOTOS: Campbellsville,
Taylor County; Bardwell, Carlisle County; Caseville, Union County.
All photos early1900s.
Page 56-57 Readers Share Postcard Views ca. 1910
Engine House and Fire Dept. in Mt. Sterling,
Montgomery County; Greenville, Muhlenberg, County; Auburn, Logan
County; Danville, Boyle County; Russell, Greenup County; Lexington,
Fayette County; Fulton, Fulton County.
Page 68-72 Kentucky Genealogy Help Line: Queries are published
free up to 50 words as space is available.
Wilson, Fry, Arnold-Faulkner, Elmore,
Smith-Wilson, Stines, Wireman, Alexander-Abbott-Estep, Whitehead-Wayne,
Hurt, Creekmur, Powers-Monhollen, Steele-Quicksall-Fannin
Page 73-77
Family Reunions
& Other Special Announcements
Readers Are Invited To Send In Announcements For This Column.
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Page 78-95 I Remember
By Our Readers -- From All Over
Kentucky
Grandma's Wedding Day
The Carter Family
On The Mountain
The Railroad Detective
The Christian Family Farm
Hog Killing Time
The Shell Motor Inn
Rambling With John
Page 96-97
Strictly Kentucky Genealogy Various
materials to aid in Family History Research.
Joseph
Page 100-101
Readers Share Old Photos
Photo found in the possessions of Laura Belle Anderson Boultinghouse
(1882-1969). Wants information
Arbert Wooten from Eastern Kentucky in the Service
Celebration of Prohibition Day in Greenville, Muhlenberg County,
ca. 1910
Cornett brothers and Jerry Hughes, Letcher County.
Page 105-107 June Events To Enjoy
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