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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 ...

November 16, 2009
Kentucky Trust program preserves history
The Kentucky Trust for Historic Preservation will work in partnership with the Madison County Historical Society to surv ...

November 9, 2009
Looking Back: From Our Files for November 9
100 YEARS AGO - 1909 At a coon hunt just beyond the Shelby City area on Stanford Road, a group ...

November 9, 2009
KHS Museum Theatre prepares for battle
FRANKFORT — The Kentucky Historical Society Museum Theatre team will debut its newest performance, “Theatre ...

November 9, 2009
Military treasures: New exhibition to open on Veterans Day in Frankfort
FRANKFORT — A new exhibition showcasing Kentucky’s military treasures will open on Veterans Day, Wednesday, ...

November 2, 2009
Looking Back: From Our Files for November 2
100 YEARS AGO - 1909 At 6:40 a.m. at South Fork, two miles south of McKinney in Lincoln County ...

November 2, 2009
Looking Back: Tracing history -- Research reveals paths of three Randolph brothers
By BRENDA S. EDWARDS
Danny Brown Randolph grew up in Boyle County where his ancestors located after traveling in the late 1700s from New Jers ...

October 26, 2009
Looking Back: From Our Files for October 26
100 YEARS AGO - 1909 Danville opera house manager Stout has been making it hot for actors who ...

October 26, 2009
Looking Back: Randolph put down roots in Kentucky
By BRENDA S. EDWARDS
(Editor’s note: This is part of a series of articles about the Randolph (FitzRandolph) brothe ...

October 19, 2009
Looking Back: Randolph helped community by teaching, ministering
By BRENDA S. EDWARDS
James Curry Randolph, a school teacher, college professor and Presbyterian minister, grew up on a Mercer County farm. Af ...

October 19, 2009
Looking Back: From Our Files for October 19
100 YEARS AGO - 1909 Several years ago two hogs escaped to the knobs from a farm in Mitchellsb ...

October 19, 2009
Ky. PSC receives grant for oral history project
FRANKFORT — The Kentucky Public Service Commission has received a grant to begin recording an oral history of the ...

October 19, 2009
KHS Special Collections extends hours
FRANKFORT — The Kentucky Historical Society Special Collections Reading Room has been moved to the Martin F. Schmi ...

October 12, 2009
Looking Back: Letters tell war stories
By BRENDA S. EDWARDS
The Raymond Bryant family in Danville has roots that begin in Virginia. Pioneer descendants including veterans of the Re ...

October 12, 2009
Looking Back: From Our Files for October 12
100 YEARS AGO - 1909 A natural phenomena on Marion Bowers’ farm near Parksville has caus ...

October 5, 2009
Looking Back: From Our Files for October 5
100 YEARS AGO - 1909 At the regular meeting of the Civic League in Danville, members once agai ...

October 5, 2009
Looking Back: 'Windows into the Past'
By BRENDA S. EDWARDS
FORKLAND — A new wallhanging at Forkland Community Center is an artistic reminder of people in the past who have c ...

September 28, 2009
Looking Back: History at home
By BRENDA S. EDWARDS
Danville had nurtured James G. Birney’s Liberty Party which had fought to free slaves before and during the Civil ...

September 28, 2009
HistoryMobile to visit Mary Breckinridge Festival
FRANKFORT — Hyden residents will have an opportunity to explore "Kentucky's Abraham Lincoln" when they visit the H ...

September 28, 2009
Looking Back: From Our Files for September 28
100 YEARS AGO - 1909 Danville policeman Logan Wood received a long distance telephone call fro ...

September 21, 2009
KHS collections on display in old governor's mansion
FRANKFORT — Several objects from the Kentucky Historical Society collections will be on display in the Old Governo ...

September 21, 2009
Looking Back: From Our Files for September 21
100 YEARS AGO - 1909 At the regular meeting of the Civic League in Danville, members once agai ...

September 21, 2009
Looking Back: Extreme makeover
By BRENDA S. EDWARDS
FORKLAND — A pioneer log cabin on the grounds of Forkland Community Center will have a new look for the 2009 Forkl ...

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