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Looking back: Christmas traditions 100 years ago
The local community came together 100 years ago at Christmas to mark houses in Boyle County where “patriots” lived ... Read more
Author: Brenda Edwards - Page 13 | The Advocate-Messenger
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In 1929, Boyle County was in the middle of a tobacco boom
The tobacco business in Boyle County was booming in 1929, according to articles in the Kentucky Advocate archives. ... Read more
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Samuel Harding was attorney and prolific property owner
Samuel Harding came from a family of lawyers and was known as an enterprising and progressive businessman in ... Read more
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Scomp family in Kentucky
HARRODSBURG – A historic house built by a member of the early Dutch settlement who migrated in 1799 ... Read more
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Lococo family in Danville
Nick Lococo, an Italian immigrant who lived in Danville in the 1940s, tried to locate his family in ... Read more
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John F. Zimmerman was in early Danville newspaper business
Editor’s note: Information for this story was taken from The Advocate-Messenger Archives, Ancestry.com, and court records. John Frederick Zimmerman, ... Read more
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“Hants” in Casey County
An interesting article about “hants” in Casey County appeared in a May 1887 edition The Advocate-Messenger. “A most ... Read more
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Boyle Landmark Trust names fund after member
Boyle Landmark Trust has embarked on an ambitious effort to establish a revolving fund for historic preservation in ... Read more
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Landmark Trust gets grant funds
Boyle Landmark Trust has been awarded a $5,000 grant by the National Trust for Historic Preservation from the ... Read more
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Mullinix family lived in Boyle, Casey, Lincoln and Washington counties
MITCHELLSBURG —Nimrod Benjamin Mullinix moved several times after he left his native home in Indiana in the mid-1800s. He ... Read more
