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Richmond Had Softball League in 1937
Date: 12/20/1998
Creator: Dr. Fred Engle
Tags: history, miscellaneous, sports
Information About Churches, Fair Grounds in 1937
Date: 12/13/1998
Creator: Dr. Fred Engle
Tags: businesses, churches, government, history, miscellaneous
More on Madison County Residents in 1937
Date: 9/27/1998
Creator: Dr. Fred Engle
Tags: Berea, churches, government, history, miscellaneous
Richmond Businesses Offered Everything 70 Years Ago
Date: 8/23/1998
Creator: Dr. Robert Grise
Tags: businesses, churches, education, government, history, miscellaneous, transportation
Richmond Directory of 1961 Brings Back Memories
Date: 7/5/1998
Creator: Dr. Fred Engle
Tags: businesses, government, history, miscellaneous
The Early Years of Waco and College Hill
Date: 6/14/1998
Creator: Dr. Robert Grise
Tags: education, history, miscellaneous, sports
Woman's Club Has Had Creditable History
Date: 5/3/1998
Creator: Dr. Robert Grise
Tags: buildings, history, miscellaneous
Blind Child Received His Sight as 1932 Christmas Gift
Date: 12/21/1997
Creator: Dr. Robert Grise
Tags: events, history, miscellaneous
Tobacco Sales Were a Saving Grace During Depression Years
Date: 12/14/1997
Creator: Dr. Robert Grise
Tags: businesses, history, miscellaneous
1899's Madison County Fair Included 'Ugly Horse' Contest
Date: 8/24/1997
Creator: Dr. Fred Engle
Tags: events, history, miscellaneous
Turn of Century Programs Look at Fairs of the Past
Date: 8/17/1997
Creator: Dr. Fred Engle
Tags: businesses, history, miscellaneous, sports, transportation
9 Teams Participated in 1942 District Tourney
Date: 7/20/1997
Creator: Dr. Fred Engle
Tags: Berea, history, miscellaneous, sports
Kingston High School Trojans had an Illustrious History
Date: 5/25/1997
Creator: Dr. Fred Engle
Tags: buildings, education, history, miscellaneous, sports
McCay Remembers Peytontown
Date: 4/20/1997
Creator: Dr. Fred Engle
Tags: education, history, miscellaneous, people
Big Crowd Filled Richmond on Court Day in April 1935
Date: 3/30/1997
Creator: Dr. Robert Grise
Tags: businesses, events, history, miscellaneous
The Globe' Gives Insight into 1810's Richmond
Date: 2/23/1997
Creator: Dr. Robert Grise
Tags: history, miscellaneous, transportation
Madison's Heritage: 1949 County Clippers (Tobacco League Picture)
Date: 2/9/1997
Creator: ~
Tags: history, miscellaneous, sports
1950 Waco Baseball Heroes (Picture)
Date: 2/2/1997
Creator: ~
Tags: history, miscellaneous, sports
1810 Richmond Newspapers Reveal Interesting Everyday Information
Date: 2/2/1997
Creator: Dr. Robert Grise
Tags: businesses, history, miscellaneous
Madison County Graduates had Their Mottos, Flowers
Date: 1/12/1997
Creator: Dr. Fred Engle
Tags: education, history, miscellaneous
Indians in Kentucky Weren't Residents
However, in an old book by Willard Rouse Jillson on Frankfort and Franklin County, I find a more complete story. According to…
Date: 12/19/1992
Creator: Dr. Fred Engle
Tags: history, miscellaneous
Christmas at the Turn of This Century
At 10:30 on Christmas morning 1915, several choirs of the Richmond churches left their…
Date: 12/12/1992
Creator: Dr. Robert Grise
Tags: businesses, history, miscellaneous
Old Log Homes Still Stand on Red House
The Hart house is thought to be the oldest remaining log house built in Madison County. It was built about a mile south of the fort, near the site of Nathaniel Hart's White Oak Springs pioneer station. In 1795 John Holley bought the place, but it was repossessed by the…
Date: 12/5/1992
Creator: Dr. Robert Grise
Tags: buildings, history, miscellaneous
Steep Grades Helped Cause End of Railroad
However, in 1916, seven years after it bought the line, the L&N had built a much more level grade railroad line between…
Date: 9/19/1992
Creator: Dr. Robert Grise
Tags: history, miscellaneous, transportation
Rail Line Closed by L&N in 1932
The original company had trouble from its start in the late 1880s, not meeting…
Date: 9/12/1992
Creator: Dr. Robert Grise
Tags: history, miscellaneous, transportation
77-Mile Railway Once Served Madison
The Interstate Commerce Commission had given permission some months earlier, and L&N officially abandoned…
Date: 9/5/1992
Creator: Dr. Robert Grise
Tags: history, miscellaneous, transportation
1939 Reflected in the Paper
On Monday, May 8, 1939, Richmond attorney C.C. Wallace, spoke to the Richmond Exchange Club at their weekly meeting at the Colyer's Tea Room on Second Street, about the growth of Richmond since he arrived here on May 8, 1882. Back in 1882 the population was 3000 and there were 10 voting precincts, one in the city, nine in the county. The second…
Date: 8/29/1992
Creator: Dr. Fred Engle
Tags: buildings, churches, education, government, history, miscellaneous
Remembering My Father's Friends
Mr. and Mrs. Wayman came to Richmond about the same time as my parents (1928). They came from Cincinnati and Mr. Wayman was the manager of the United Department Store on the southeast corner of Main and Second streets. I remember the steps in the center of the…
Date: 8/22/1992
Creator: Dr. Fred Engle
Tags: buildings, businesses, churches, history, miscellaneous, people
Prehistoric Mound-Builders Probably 'Mississippians'
Date: 8/15/1992
Creator: Dr. Fred Engle
Tags: history, miscellaneous
Campbellism at Union City
As we have written in this column, a number of Baptist churches in Madison County were divided over Campbellism. Some of them went over to the new denomination en masse, others lost over 50%…
Date: 5/23/1992
Creator: Dr. Fred Engle
Tags: buildings, churches, history, miscellaneous
People Coped Well After '74 Tornado
Actually, there was not much panic, and there were lots of examples of unselfish hard work.
At the Telford Community Center, for example, some 50 volunteers showed up the next day, and they received from the people of Richmond all the food and used clothing that could be handled. Despite all the destruction of houses in the northern part of the country,…
Date: 5/2/1992
Creator: Dr. Robert Grise
Tags: events, history, miscellaneous
Tornado Damaged White Hall Elementary
In addition to the Fitzpatrick service station and houses destroyed, it was particularly destructive at White Hall School, where it caused more than $1 million damage.
On the evening of the tornado, there were a dozen boys playing basketball in the gymnasium, as well as several adults who had come to…
Date: 4/25/1992
Creator: Dr. Robert Grise
Tags: buildings, education, events, history, miscellaneous
April 3 Tornado Claimed Many Lives
It was during the afternoon of April 3. 1974, that weather reports were heard in Madison County which described several tornadoes moving eastward across Kentucky. Brandenburg, on the Ohio River, was the worst…
Date: 4/18/1992
Creator: Dr. Robert Grise
Tags: buildings, education, events, history, miscellaneous
The Ferry at Poosey Ridge
As a matter of fact there were two — Upper Hunter's ferry at Poosey and Lower Hunter's ferry about a mile downstream. Opened before 1900 and run last by Thomas Warren, the ferry at Poosey closed…
Date: 3/28/1992
Creator: Dr. Fred Engle
Tags: history, miscellaneous, transportation
What Happened 30 Years Ago?
At that time, Chester…
Date: 2/22/1992
Creator: Dr. Fred Engle
Tags: businesses, government, history, miscellaneous
Bells Once Played an Important Role
Date: 12/2/1989
Creator: Dr. Robert Grise
Tags: churches, history, miscellaneous
Helping Needy has Long Tradition
Date: 12/23/1989
Creator: Dr. Robert Grise
Tags: churches, history, miscellaneous
How Did Madison Countians Celebrate Christmas in 1939?
Date: 12/9/1989
Creator: Dr. Robert Grise
Tags: Berea, businesses, churches, education, history, miscellaneous
Middletown's Black School Closed in 1963
Date: 11/4/1989
Creator: Dr. Robert Grise
Tags: Berea, buildings, education, history, miscellaneous, transportation
The Tobacco League Observes 40th Year
Date: 9/30/1989
Creator: Dr. Fred Engle
Tags: history, miscellaneous, sports
Local AAUW Established in 1924
Date: 9/23/1989
Creator: Dr. Robert Grise
Tags: education, history, miscellaneous
First Float Won Prize of Grand Piano
Date: 8/21/1989
Creator: Dr. Fred Engle
Tags: education, events, history, miscellaneous
World War II Led News 47 Years Ago
Date: 6/24/1989
Creator: Dr. Robert Grise
Tags: government, history, miscellaneous
High School Commencements From 1954 Are Recalled
Date: 5/20/1989
Creator: Dr. Robert Grise
Tags: Berea, churches, education, history, miscellaneous
Hanger Family Included Many Distinguished Citizens
Date: 4/29/1989
Creator: Dr. Fred Engle
Tags: buildings, businesses, education, history, miscellaneous, people, transportation
Recall 'Window Mistake Contest'?
Date: 4/8/1989
Creator: Dr. Robert Grise
Tags: businesses, events, miscellaneous
The Mystery of the Cast Iron Coffin
Date: 2/11/1989
Creator: Dr. Robert Grise
Tags: history, miscellaneous
Book Tells Church's History
Date: 1/21/1989
Creator: Dr. Fred Engle
Tags: buildings, churches, history, miscellaneous
Christmas Baskets Were Community Effort in 1927
Date: 12/29/1996
Creator: Dr. Robert Grise
Tags: churches, events, history, miscellaneous
1927's Christmas Season Included Fun-Filled Fund-Raising Musicale
Date: 12/22/1996
Creator: Dr. Robert Grise
Tags: education, events, history, miscellaneous
1937 Was a Great Year for High School Hoops in Madison County
Date: 12/15/1996
Creator: Dr. Fred Engle
Tags: Berea, education, history, miscellaneous, sports
County Library Once Established As WPA Project
Date: 11/10/1996
Creator: Dr. Robert Grise
Tags: buildings, government, history, miscellaneous
Readers Fill in Memory's Gaps About Kingston High
Date: 9/22/1996
Creator: Dr. Fred Engle
Tags: education, history, miscellaneous, sports
Elizabeth Irvine's Last Will Outlined Plan for Hospital
Date: 7/21/1996
Creator: Dr. Robert Grise
Tags: buildings, history, miscellaneous, people
Peytontown has Rich History of Railroads, Blacksmiths
Date: 7/14/1996
Creator: Dr. Fred Engle
Tags: businesses, churches, history, miscellaneous, transportation
Telephone Workers Deserve Some Recognition
Date: 7/7/1996
Creator: Dr. Robert Grise
Tags: businesses, events, history, miscellaneous
High School Newspaper Recalls '38
Date: 5/5/1996
Creator: Dr. Fred Engle
Tags: Berea, education, history, miscellaneous, sports
Madison High Enrollment Rose by 28 in 1938
Date: 4/28/1996
Creator: Dr. Fred Engle
Tags: education, history, miscellaneous, sports
1938 Student Paper Sparks Memories
Date: 3/25/1996
Creator: Dr. Fred Engle
Tags: Berea, education, history, miscellaneous, sports