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Looking Back: The Shepherd of Danville
The Rev. Dr. Edward Melvin Green, known as the “Shepherd of Danville” and “pastor to the town,” ... Read more
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Looking Back
Editor’s note: Research for this article was by local historian Mike Dennis of Parksville. A Danville man is ... Read more
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18 local women served during World War II
A Danville woman, who served in the U.S.Navy, was among 18 young women from Boyle County who joined ... Read more
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Looking Back: Little Dutch colony in Boyle County
(Editor’s note: Information about the New Austria settlement in southwestern Boyle County in the late 1800s was in ... Read more
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Looking Back: Tom Ashe found pot of silver
A 50-year-old man who lived on Beech Ridge off Mackville Pike found a treasure in May 1928 while ... Read more
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Woods were political, religious leaders from Danville
The Rev. John Edmund Wood was pastor of First Baptist Church at Second and Walnut streets for 31 ... Read more
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Looking Back; The Slaughter family
Editor’s note: Information for this article was taken from The Advocate-Messenger archives and research by local genealogist Carolyn ... Read more
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Advocate featured fox hunting stories through many decades
Indications of the renewal of the fox chase, a sport for years abandoned, which was the favorite of ... Read more
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Looking back: Culton family put down roots in Boyle in mid-1800s
Editor’s note: Research for this article was found in The Advocate-Messenger archives, census records and from David Crain, ... Read more
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Looking back: Danville paper shared Kentucky Gazette excerpts in 18th century
Columns with excerpts taken from the Kentucky Gazette newspaper in the late 1700s and early 1800s appeared in ... Read more
