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Enjoyed photos submitted by D. Roy Dykes of Young Mill About: Pictures from the Past: Youngs Mill submitted by D. Roy Dykes To ColumbiaMagazine.com: It was great to see photos of the old mill. The first time I saw the mill was in 1979. It was in ruins then. The shaft of the turbine was sticking through the collapsed roof. When Garnett Young, my father-in-law, wrote his book about growing up in Adair County, Beyond the Brier Domain, he was very interested in the old mill. Since digital photography and scanners were a thing of the future and since all he had were some very small, indistinct photos, we opted to use artist's renderings throughout the book. I would love to contact the person who submitted these photos. I wonder if he knew Garnett. Wanda and Bobby Beard showed us the mill site again a very few years ago. Alas! there isn't much to see! s/Cathy Young 2009-11-17 05:47:01 | Comments | Printable version
Genealogy workshop at KY History Center, Sat., Nov. 7, 2009 From KY Historical Society The Kentucky Historical Society (KHS) and the Kentucky Genealogical Society (KGS) will host “Beyond the Basics: Digging Deeper into Census Records, Court Records and Library Resources,” a free workshop that will include two sessions from 10:30amCT to 1:30pmCT on Saturday, November 7, 2009, at the Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History, 100 West Broadway, Frankfort, KY. 2009-10-30 05:47:31 | Comments | Printable version
Third Annual Silent City Walk draws large number Outstanding perfomances turned in by Mr. Richard Phelps, Mr. J.D. and Ms. Ellen Zornes, Mr. Mike Watson, Mr Barry Jones, Mr. Ronald Rogers, and Ms. Ernestine Bennett Click on headline for full story plus photo(s) by Anita Riddle By Ed Waggener And almost perfect autumn evening made the Third Annual Silent City tour of the Columbia City Cemetery the best ever. "We had 58 to sign in and there were some who didn't," Ernestine Bennett said Tuesday morning, October 27, 2009, after the event was over. She's the Genealogy Librarian at the Adair County Public Library, and also filled in as a re-enactor for Library Director Lee Ann Jessee, who had been scheduled to perform as Mary Smythe Biggs. 2009-10-28 07:05:30 | Comments | Printable version
In the News a century ago today By "Jim With the election close at hand, the October 27, 1909 edition of the Adair County News was, as my mother was wont to say, "skase, mighty skase" on news and long on political posturing. The Irvin's Store correspondent, in a newsletter written a few days earlier, had wryly observed, "Politics are warming up in these parts and by next week will be very warm." When this edition of the News hit the presses, the political pot was a-bilin' all over the paper. 2009-10-27 12:55:31 | Comments | Printable version
The writings of Carlis B. Wilson: Historic Refrigerator From spring water to kerosene to electricity, we've been able to keep our foods at least cool An article first posted December 10, 2004, in ColumbiaMagazine.com. By the late Carlis B. Wilson Carlis B. Wilson In the days before electricity came to the small farms, life was without ice and refrigeration. In the hot summer days it was a desirable thing to have a cool drink of water when working in the heat of the day. Today that would be no problem: Just fill the cooler with drinks, and pack the cooler with ice from the refrigerator. 2009-10-25 05:06:28 | Comments | Printable version
Top of Dug Hill was a place to watch drag racing About: Old Coddger 1st hand hearsay about more dragstrips To ColumbiaMagazine.com: Don't forget he top of Dug Hill out Hwy 704 was also a place to watch some racing! s/Steve Smith 2009-10-25 05:01:15 | Comments | Printable version
3rd Annual Silent City Cemetery Tour, at 5pmCT, Oct. 26, 2009 See also List of Re-Enactors By Lee Ann Jessie, Director, Adair Co. Public Library The Adair County Public Library and the Adair County Genealogical Society would like to invite you to the third annual "Silent City" Cemetery Tour to be held October 26, 2009 at 5pmCT. This year's tour will begin at the Adair County Public Library and proceed to the Columbia City Cemetery better known as the "Silent City." There you will meet B.F. & Molly Hunter, Cy Barger, William Wallace Jones, Mary Smythe Biggs, Dr. Samuel Fields and Judge James Garnett Each of these individuals helped to shape Adair County and Columbia with their gifts of time, talent and energy. 2009-10-19 17:39:27 | Comments | Printable version
Local History: Bill Beard (1927-2001) was an original About: Historic picture being hung at Ol Joes BB Que Bill Beard (1927-2001) To ColumbiaMagazine.com: Dad always told the story of Bill and his giving a tie to every Methodist preacher on their birthday, Dad included - and he knew most of their birthdays. Bill did not go to the Methodist Church (Christian, I think), but he gave the ties to the Methodist preachers. He would also be offered money by someone holding a hand full of coins out to him, by people who thought they could get the best of him. He always took the nickles, though there might be dimes and quarters in the outstretched palm. Someone finally asked him why he did took the smaller denominations. His answer was a classic: If he took the larger ones, the people would stop offering them to him. He was an original. s/Martha Henry Berry 2009-10-18 02:01:34 | Comments | Printable version
The Wit of Bill Beard: Smoking them funny cigarettes About: Historic picture being hung at Ol' Joe's B&B Que To ColumbiaMagazine.com The picture of Bill brought back a memory of someone sending him around town to find striped paint. O.K., somebody fess up to it! I remember, too, when I worked at the old Houchens and he was a daily vistor, that one day he came in and said he had seen some people smoking them funny cigarettes. Wish I could remember some more. s/Maurita Herron On the striped paint, I think Bill was just enjoying playing a game. He always indulged those of us who tried to match wits with him. We always lost. A book of his quotes would be a great Adair County Christmas gift. The great thing about him was that the smartest people in town never got the best of him in repartees. -EW 2009-10-17 09:10:16 | Comments | Printable version
Chris Bennett Explores: Frankfort, KY A routine business trip to the State Capitol turns out to be anything but routine for the traveler from Fairplay, who finds good food, world class architecture, a connection with a great Adair County history teacher, a river trip idea, and has an epiphany: A realization that he would hate to see Adair County's Old Courthouse auctioned on e-Bay, or, from his Southern perspective, suffer an even worse fate! Click on headline for full story, Chris Bennett photos By Chris Bennett Exploring the history and Architecture of our great State. On October 13th 2009, I attended a meeting of the Electrical Advisory Board in Frankfort Kentucky; in this government meeting I was awarded a certification as a Commercial Electrical Inspector. (I know, yawn, yawn, boring). 2009-10-15 02:56:30 | Comments | Printable version
Adair Co., KY History: When the Joppa/Shiloh ghost ran out of his pants By "Jim" There was this bizarre tale in the April 8, 1903 issue of the Adair County News: A real live ghost has took up its abode in the vicinity of Shiloh and has frightened a number of young people out of their wits. The strange part of the affair is that his ghostship receives an occasional visit in the vicinity of Joppa. A short time ago the Joppa ghost while returning home by way of Young's mill stampeded and ran out of his pants and left them hanging on Jake Gabbert's fence. Jake told the News correspondent that he found the pants hanging on his fence but did not say they were the property of a ghost. However, diligent inquiry developed the startling discovery. His ghostship is advised to try a moderate gait in the future or tie his pants on with a log chain.Considering the date, April 8, 1903, perhaps it was tongue-in-cheek. 2009-10-08 15:54:44 | Comments | Printable version
Youngs Mill: It was built by the Montgomery brothers About:Youngs Mill: Samuel Young was the first Young in Adair Co., KY by Carol Reeves Shaul By Wanda Young Beard Looks like Carol Reeves Shaul got it right. I wish I had taken pictures years ago when I was there and the mill was still standing. I am still looking for information on old Samuel Young. I wonder if anybody has a list of the people buried on the Old "Young Plantation," as it was called. I wonder if the Bennett family or the Bryant family or any of the other families that descended from old Samuel have information on him, such as where he came from. 2009-10-08 10:28:08 | Comments | Printable version
November 2, 2009 Genealogy Meeting on Veterans REUNIONS and GENEALOGY By Ernestine Bennett, ACPL Genealogy Librarian Adair Co. Public Library, 307 Greensburg ST, Columbia, KY The Adair County Genealogy Society and the Adair County Public Library, 307 Greensburg ST, Columbia, KY, will present a power point presentation on Military Personel, for our November 2, 2009 Genealogy meeting. We will be collecting photoss and information for that meeting. All photos may be brought to the library or may be taken to Curry's Floor Covering, 102 Fairground ST, Columbia, KY, to be scanned. At either place, the photos will be scanned and will be given back to you that day. 2009-10-08 02:20:24 | Comments | Printable version
Ozark: Rosa Bea Bryant corresponded to Adair County News About: Carol Reeves Shaul: The Store and Post Office at Ozark, KY By E.H. Lepiarczyk II I really appreciate Mrs. Shaul's narrative regarding the Ozark community. The farm of my godfather, Mr. Kazimierz Rusek, is in the Ozark community. I have always been interested in the history of Ozark. 2009-10-07 07:33:14 | Comments | Printable version
Carol Reeves Shaul: The Store and Post Office at Ozark, KY Ozark Store and Post Office. Josh Montgomery. Banty Reeves. R.B. Reeves. The Griders and the Reynolds. Mr. Frank Rigney. Learning about kin ADAIR COUNTY (KY) NEWS: Absher. Antioch. Barnett Springs. Barnett's Creek. Basil. Bliss. Breeding. Burton Ridge. Cane Valley. Casey Creek/Roley. Chance. Dirigo. Christine. Clay Ridge. Coburg. COLUMBIA. Craycraft. Crocus. Cundiff/Melson Ridge. Dillingham. Dunbar Hill. Edith. Egypt. Ella. Ellisville. Eunice. Fairplay. Feathersburg. Flatwood. Gadberry/Butterp'int Ridge. Garlin. Gentrys Mill. Glens Fork (Glenville, Glensfork. Village of Hardscratch.) Gradyville. Holmes. Inroad. Jericho. Joppa. Kellyville. Keltner. Kemp. Knifley. Little Cake. McGaha. Milltown. Montpelier. Neatsville. Nell. Ozark. Pellyton. Pickett. Portland. Purdy. Russell Heights. Sparksville. Spout Springs. The Pike. Toria. Weed. West Sano. Zion. By Carol Reeves Shaul I personally am not old enough to remember going to the Ozark, KY store/post office at the corner of Hwy 80 and Wilson Keene Road, but I do know there was a store there, and also a post office. The Montgomerys ran the store, not sure who the postmaster was. Maybe Mr. Josh Montgomery? 2009-10-07 01:39:20 | Comments | Printable version
Cousin Elizabeth Flowers Jones told him about Hindman portrait Loss of portrait sad; so is the fact that Hindman's stone in Columbia City Cemetery was either destroyed or stolen. About: Adair Co KY History Mystery: Where is likeness of Gov. Hindman? "Jim": Many years ago I was told of the portrait of Lt. Gov. Hindman by my cousin Elizabeth Flowers Jones. Her grandfather and my great grandfather, George Whitfield Flowers. and Hindman were best of friends and served in the Thirteenth Union from Lexington, KY. Not only is it sad that the portrait is lost, but Hindman was buried in the Columbia city cemetery and the stone was either destroyed or stolen. Perhaps the marker and the portrait are resting together at some location where future ages shall find. Lets hope! s/"Robert" (Flowers) 2009-09-29 17:37:56 | Comments | Printable version
Adair Co., KY, History Mystery: Where is likeness of Gov. Hindman? Oil portrait once adorned the show window of Russell & Co, in downtown Columbia, KY. Historian "Jim" hopes it rests securely in a family collection, or perhaps in Adair County's most noted museum at the south edge of town By "Jim" Upon reading the following article in the February 26, 1908 Adair County News, I began pondering where this marvelous likeness of Gov. Hindman might now be. Does it reside in some dusty, long-forgotten garret? In a mouldy basement? Or, sadly, has it long since been relegated to the ash-heap of history? 2009-09-29 11:28:10 | Comments | Printable version
News of Sept. 30, 1908 related to news of Sept. 30, 2009 An important birth is listed among the items on the front page of the Adair County News 101 years and 5 days ago. Columbia had a baseballed which played the Louisville Colonels here. There was an itemabout a stabbing. And the lights were out for some days all over town while the 'dynamore' was repaired in Louisville." In real estate news, a 200 acre farm sold for $4,250. A man convicted of stealing two hams was given a sentence of two year in the pen Submitted by Jim By 1908, the Adair County News carried local news on the front page, not boilerplate and advertisements. The front page selections included wedding and birth announcements (the former always considerably longer than the latter), obituaries, society tidbits, items of general interest, and even sports and classified ads. A sampling from the Wednesday, September 30, 1908 edition (with the best saved for last): 2009-09-25 10:15:25 | Comments | Printable version
Upcoming Barnetts Creek homecoming reminds of 1930s one About: Barnett's Creek UMC Homecoming is October 4 2009 Click on headline for full text of letter plus photo Ed: I'm sending a photo of an early Barnett's Creek UM Church Homecoming that was taken (I'm guessing) at about 1930, when "dinner" was served on the ground. My hope is that someone can identify some of the attendees. At the time of this photograph the old log church was still in use. Two people in the photo that I'm sure of are the lady at the far end of the 'table," with long dress and sun bonnet, who was my great aunt Betty Frances West-Cooper. At right front, the young lady in the white dress is Marjorie Blair, daughter of Virgil and Ida Sapp-Blair. I believe the man to her right is "Obie" Lawrence Rich, and directly behind Marjorie, I believe is Ether Sapp-Rich, wife of Lawrence. The photo is very dim, but I have had some success with darkening it and manipulating the contrast. The photo is from the collection of Stanley and the late Beulah Blair Rich, of Barnett's Creek. Beulah loaned the picture to my sister JoAnn who forwarded the copy to me some years ago. Best wishes, s/Frank Dickerson 2009-09-15 14:22:53 | Comments | Printable version
Mr. Furkins of the UK wants to contact Adair Co., KY kin To ColumbiaMagazine.com: Hi! I live in Swindon in the UK. Having a rather small family of "Furkins" here in the UK was interested to find out that there may be a few of you over there in Columbia, KY? I'm 49, married for 24 years. Have two lads - Danny (22) an English Teacher and Jamie (19) studying International History and Politics at Leeds University. Wondering if any of the clan would want to get in touch just to see how the other side of the family lives. Best wishes to you all. Furky andy.furkins@talktalk.net 2009-09-08 06:58:39 | Comments | Printable version Only the most recent articles are shown. To see older articles in this topic, Click Here instead. You can also view a list of All Topics. |
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