Edmonton is 200! Metcalfe County not quite as old! 2018-04-23 - Edmonton, Metcalfe County, KY - Photo from Gaye Shaw, Executive Director, Edmonton/Metcalfe Co. Chamber of Commerce. The question has been asked how Edmonton could be celebrating their 200th anniversary when it has not been fifty years since the entire community celebrated the sesquicentennial in 2010. According to "Metcalfe County, Our History in Pictures" published by the Metcalfe County Historical Society, Metcalfe County was recognized as a county May 1, in 1860 from a large portion of land then known as Barren County. Edmund Rogers settled the area around 1800. He laid the town out and began selling lots in 1819. Information courtesy Gaye Shaw Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

ACSO/DEA Medicine Take Back is Sat 28 Apr 2018 2018-04-23 - Parking lot at Taco Bell, 899 Jamestown Street, Columbia, KY - Photo Drug Enforcement Agency logo. The Adair County Sheriff's Office in conjunction with the Drug Enforcement Agency will be participating in the Medicine Take Back Program on Saturday April 28, 2018, from 10am-2pmCT, in the parking lot at Taco Bell, 899 Jamestown Street, Columbia, KY. - Sheriff Harrison Moss Click Read More for details including what will and what won't be accepted. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Plow Day scene, at Homeplace on Green River 21 Apr 2018 2018-04-22 - Homeplace on Green River, 5807 New Columbia Road, Campbellsville, KY - Photo By George Kolbenschlag, Homeplace on Green River. Fifteen mule and horse teams turned some soil Saturday, April 21, 2018, at the Homeplace on Green River festival. They were watched by a record crowd of about 2500 folks from Indiana, Tennessee and of course from throughout Kentucky. The weather was perfect and there were hundreds of children enjoying the many activities. - George Kolbenschlag Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Tractor-bearing Garrison Construction semi a reminder of founder 2018-04-22 - Homeplace on Green River, 5807 New Columbia Road, Campbellsville, KY - Photo By George Kolbenschlag, Homeplace on Green River. "The tractor showing was in memory of the late Lewis Garrison, owner of Garrison Construction and avid antique tractor collector," George Kolbenschag writes. The big semi is now a familiar sight in parades and elicits memories of the impresario who built his tractor show into a major event at Clay Ridge, Adair County, KY. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Tractors return to Plow Day 21 Apr 2018 2018-04-22 - Homeplace on Green River, 5807 New Columbia Road, Campbellsville, KY - Photo By George Kolbenschlag, Homeplace on Green River. Thanks to the work of Wayne Livesay and Eddie Cowherd, with help from the family of the late Lewis Garrison, the tractor show was revived for Plow Day 2018 - believed to have drawn the largest attendance of any event, ever, at Homeplace on Green River. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

HGR Plow Day 21 April 2018: Music at Shakespeare in the Barn 2018-04-22 - Homeplace on Green River, 5807 New Columbia Road, Campbellsville, KY - Photo By George Kolbenschlag, Homeplace on Green River. Shakespeare in the Barn is proving to be a highly successful venue at Homeplace, "The live music all day long at the festival drew most of the festival crowd at one time or another. The newly renovated barn was crowded throughout the festival and at times there was standing room only," George Kolbenschlag writes following Plow Day, April 21, 2018, at what is believed to have been a record-breaking, highest attendance ever, at Homeplace on Green River. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Epicurean Kentuckian: Lamb Burger and chips 2018-04-22 - Lexington, KY - Photo by Pen. A lamb burger, served dressed, with chips and a pickle on the side. Enjoyed on the patio at Stella's Kentucky Deli, 143 Jefferson St, Lexington, KY. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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