1. 50 Years Ago in Columbia: Hutchison & Sons
   Posted: 2024-07-08, Story ID: 131942


2. The Adair Train Robbery of 1892
   Posted: 2024-06-05, Story ID: 131674


3. Reed & Coffey, Undertakers, 1898
   Posted: 2024-05-12, Story ID: 131454


4. A letter from C.S. Harris, 1917
   Posted: 2024-04-28, Story ID: 131322


5. The Stanford Road Bridge across Russell's Creek, 1903
   Posted: 2024-04-07, Story ID: 131102


6. Thumbnail Word-Sketch: C.S. Harris, 1861-1935
   Posted: 2024-03-23, Story ID: 130955


7. Thanksgiving activities 1938
   Posted: 2023-11-22, Story ID: 129632


8. Haulin' the mail (1858 style)
   Posted: 2023-10-29, Story ID: 129337


9. Some (mostly) front page advertising, mid-October, 1928
   Posted: 2023-10-15, Story ID: 129151


10. Massie and Montgomery sign $10 bill in local collection
    Posted: 2023-09-27, Story ID: 128932


11. Columbia and Adair Co.: buzzing and booming, September 1902
    Posted: 2023-09-23, Story ID: 128880


12. Rays of sunshine in the shadows of the Great Depression
    Posted: 2023-09-16, Story ID: 128797


13. 100 Years Ago: Goings-on in early September 1923
    Posted: 2023-09-10, Story ID: 128712


14. News, deals, and help wanted, mid-August 1973
    Posted: 2023-08-20, Story ID: 128481


15. Nu-Art Studio, August 1943
    Posted: 2023-08-12, Story ID: 128407


16. A History of Mr. F.H. Durham and the Durham Grocery Co.
    Posted: 2023-07-23, Story ID: 128173


17. An Addendum: Typhoid fever, 1931-1932
    Posted: 2023-07-13, Story ID: 128065


18. Columbia and the long road to water works, 1929 - 1933
    Posted: 2023-07-13, Story ID: 128064


19. Progress in Columbia, June 1933: Water Works, New Adair Hotel
    Posted: 2023-06-18, Story ID: 127761


20. Short takes from the Adair County News, June 12, 1923
    Posted: 2023-06-11, Story ID: 127681


21. Lest we forget
    Posted: 2023-02-20, Story ID: 126196


22. A record worthy of remembrance
    Posted: 2023-01-16, Story ID: 125698


23. Columbia's Building Boom, 1903
    Posted: 2022-12-31, Story ID: 125485


24. The Columbia Kroger Store, 1936 - 1959
    Posted: 2022-12-16, Story ID: 125308


25. IGA Super Market on the Columbia Square
    Posted: 2022-12-11, Story ID: 125204


26. Early December 1942
    Posted: 2022-12-07, Story ID: 125153


27. Letter: A few notes on Willis Furniture
    Posted: 2022-12-01, Story ID: 125062


28. The Mary Jane Blakeman lot (Patteson Building)
    Posted: 2022-11-26, Story ID: 124991


29. New of Columbia from late November, 1932
    Posted: 2022-11-24, Story ID: 124980


30. Adair County odds and ends, mid-October, 1932
    Posted: 2022-10-12, Story ID: 124370


31. Some more information about The Columbia Bakery
    Posted: 2022-09-14, Story ID: 123961


32. September 2 is the birthday of Adair Co. Hero Col. Frank Wolford
    Posted: 2022-09-02, Story ID: 123831


33. 85 years ago: Grocery stores galore!
    Posted: 2022-06-26, Story ID: 122998


34. Coffey & Stotts, 1931
    Posted: 2022-06-06, Story ID: 122749


35. Goff Motel, 1942 - 1953
    Posted: 2022-03-13, Story ID: 121639


36. Rev. Wyatt G. Montgomery Goes to Egypt, 1922
    Posted: 2022-02-27, Story ID: 121429


37. Ms. Sara Rey Marcum attends a ball, 1909
    Posted: 2022-01-30, Story ID: 120997


38. Odd Fauna of Adair County
    Posted: 2022-01-24, Story ID: 120896


39. Short takes from the Adair Co. News, page 1, mid-January 1922
    Posted: 2022-01-15, Story ID: 120737


40. Selected Christmas ads, 1956
    Posted: 2021-12-19, Story ID: 120313


41. Christmas around the Square, 1931
    Posted: 2021-12-09, Story ID: 120150


42. An Adair Co. Author: Mary Allen Grissom (1883-1963)
    Posted: 2021-10-31, Story ID: 119491


43. Around The Shire, mid-October 1931
    Posted: 2021-10-17, Story ID: 119261


44. Memphis to Big Creek, 1936: Mr. W.L. Grady's wild ride home
    Posted: 2021-09-19, Story ID: 118773


45. Four miles to Columbia: a long ago journey recalled
    Posted: 2021-09-12, Story ID: 118624


46. August 1961: Sports briefs, and a question of time
    Posted: 2021-08-15, Story ID: 118115


47. Bits and pieces from across the county, early August 1931
    Posted: 2021-08-08, Story ID: 118006


48. Late June - early July, 1936: Events around The Shire
    Posted: 2021-06-27, Story ID: 117391


49. Spicy news bits from June 1931
    Posted: 2021-06-20, Story ID: 117286


50. 1931: Talkies arrive; and the Royal Columbians Orchestra
    Posted: 2021-06-06, Story ID: 117095


51. Ads from a bygone era offer insight into turn-of-century lifestyle
    Posted: 2021-05-16, Story ID: 116792


52. Foree Hood and the brief saga of Sal-Lac
    Posted: 2021-04-18, Story ID: 116335


53. Sam Judd, Adair Co. folk artist extraordinaire
    Posted: 2021-03-21, Story ID: 115904


54. Whittlers of by-gone eras, and the museum that wasn't
    Posted: 2021-03-10, Story ID: 115735


55. Christmas in Adair County, 1930
    Posted: 2020-12-25, Story ID: 114473


56. Black Cake recipes from the early 1900s
    Posted: 2020-12-01, Story ID: 114057


57. Changes on the Square: The Hutchison Building, 1931
    Posted: 2020-11-24, Story ID: 113947


58. The Grocery Store on the Corner, 1914-1942
    Posted: 2020-11-15, Story ID: 113789


59. Pfc. Harold Leonard Burton: Freedom is Never Free
    Posted: 2020-11-08, Story ID: 113639


60. Early November 1940: Odds and ends from around Columbia
    Posted: 2020-11-01, Story ID: 113526


61. Some changes on the Square, 1945
    Posted: 2020-10-16, Story ID: 113262


62. Early October 1900: Milliners, hotels, a tinner, and...
    Posted: 2020-10-03, Story ID: 113037


63. Late Sept. 1920: A Detective, Duvetyne, and Sundry Other News
    Posted: 2020-09-27, Story ID: 112927


64. Miss Winston Arrives on Arbor Vitae
    Posted: 2020-09-25, Story ID: 112914


65. 100 Years Ago: Lost and found
    Posted: 2020-09-13, Story ID: 112707


66. Melvin White's sidelong look at the cholera outbreak of 1873
    Posted: 2020-08-21, Story ID: 112338


67. Jeffries Hardware, c. 1890 - 1920
    Posted: 2020-07-26, Story ID: 111889


68. JIM: The story behind an old picture
    Posted: 2020-07-11, Story ID: 111641


69. Letter: Larry Smith Rialto photo
    Posted: 2020-05-22, Story ID: 110806


70. A trip to Bowling Green, 1930
    Posted: 2020-05-16, Story ID: 110697


71. April/May 1920: Services & Goods; The great debate; and more
    Posted: 2020-04-19, Story ID: 110223


72. Mid-April 1945: Of wars, and auctions, and death in far-off lands
    Posted: 2020-04-15, Story ID: 110152


73. April 12th Easter
    Posted: 2020-04-12, Story ID: 110089


74. April 1940: Around the county and around the Square
    Posted: 2020-04-08, Story ID: 110020


75. 90 years ago: Entertainment, education, and the marvelous Maytag
    Posted: 2020-04-05, Story ID: 109958


76. Mr. White scourges Sir Groundhog
    Posted: 2020-04-01, Story ID: 109886


77. JIM: What were you doing half a century ago?
    Posted: 2020-03-28, Story ID: 109831


78. 75 years ago: fallen heroes; local events; and a harp of gold
    Posted: 2020-03-26, Story ID: 109781


79. Letter: More birth announcements
    Posted: 2020-02-07, Story ID: 108865


80. Dr. Bolin's unusual record
    Posted: 2020-02-06, Story ID: 108834


81. Memories of Amos Fox
    Posted: 2020-01-26, Story ID: 108646


82. More on the Dillon pharmacists
    Posted: 2020-01-02, Story ID: 108229


83. January 1920: A New Decade Dawns in Adair Co.
    Posted: 2019-12-29, Story ID: 108182


84. Columbia's construction boom, 1922-1923
    Posted: 2019-12-21, Story ID: 108070


85. Early occupants of the Fred Hill building, 1922-1926
    Posted: 2019-12-18, Story ID: 108016


86. Some history of the Hill Building
    Posted: 2019-12-14, Story ID: 107958


87. Automobile license plates 85 years ago
    Posted: 2019-12-10, Story ID: 107859


88. Single-year snapshot of Adair County schools, 1944
    Posted: 2019-11-30, Story ID: 107665


89. Eighty years ago: 2 Thanksgivings, and death of a grandson of The Shire
    Posted: 2019-11-24, Story ID: 107565


90. History by JIM: about the Town Knocker
    Posted: 2019-11-24, Story ID: 107554


91. A question for the ages
    Posted: 2019-11-19, Story ID: 107466


92. November 1934 -- Homecoming, the President's visit, and news from the county
    Posted: 2019-11-17, Story ID: 107429


93. November 1944: Adair County at War
    Posted: 2019-11-10, Story ID: 107313


94. Rosenwald then and now - getting things done working together
    Posted: 2019-11-03, Story ID: 107165


95. Hot properties in Adair County, October 1929
    Posted: 2019-10-13, Story ID: 106744


96. History: The fight for local option in Adair County, 1934-37
    Posted: 2019-10-08, Story ID: 106639


97. Big Windy, KY made news in the early 1900s
    Posted: 2019-10-06, Story ID: 106594


98. Early Sept. 1959: Mr. Hoover crosses a bridge, and other items.
    Posted: 2019-09-08, Story ID: 106049


99. Eighty Years Ago: around The Shire (and beyond)
    Posted: 2019-08-31, Story ID: 105899


100. 90 years ago: Roads, Water, the Fair, and a real hotel man
     Posted: 2019-08-04, Story ID: 105439


101. Meanwhile, back in the Shire: July, 1934
     Posted: 2019-07-21, Story ID: 105218


102. Last Warning
     Posted: 2019-07-16, Story ID: 105113


103. Dr. Lafayette Page of Adair County
     Posted: 2019-07-14, Story ID: 105087


104. Ninety years ago: late June into early July 1929
     Posted: 2019-06-30, Story ID: 104839


105. Telephone Trivia from 1936
     Posted: 2019-06-30, Story ID: 104831


106. We've got a job to do: a grandson of The Shire goes to war
     Posted: 2019-05-27, Story ID: 104242


107. Link: Mark Twain's Mentor
     Posted: 2019-04-10, Story ID: 103358


108. JIM: Goings on in The Shire, early April 1939
     Posted: 2019-04-02, Story ID: 103206


109. Adair County's other first radio station
     Posted: 2019-03-23, Story ID: 103036


110. Early Broadcasting in Adair County, Kentucky
     Posted: 2019-02-17, Story ID: 102394


111. A few notes about Columbia's old jail building
     Posted: 2019-02-06, Story ID: 102174


112. A brief history of the Willock Building
     Posted: 2019-01-23, Story ID: 101893


113. Mid-Jan 1919: Veterans returning home
     Posted: 2019-01-20, Story ID: 101843


114. January 1943: Victory tax; society news; around the square; a maimed merchant
     Posted: 2019-01-13, Story ID: 101681


115. Early January 1924: Odds & ends from 95 years ago
     Posted: 2019-01-06, Story ID: 101550


116. 90 years ago: Christmas trees, clearance sales, and other topics
     Posted: 2018-12-30, Story ID: 101431


117. 1918: the year Christmas stood still
     Posted: 2018-12-25, Story ID: 101351


118. Christmas draws near, December 1933
     Posted: 2018-12-16, Story ID: 101212


119. Reminisces of an October day: a visit out Bottom Road
     Posted: 2018-12-10, Story ID: 101106


120. The days before the war, when I was a happy child
     Posted: 2018-12-02, Story ID: 100954


121. 80 years ago: basketball, electricity, water tower, and an amazing contest
     Posted: 2018-11-25, Story ID: 100812


122. Ninety years ago: a Columbia church building goes up in flames
     Posted: 2018-11-03, Story ID: 100430


123. Renaissance in Columbia 1898-2011, Part II
     Posted: 2018-10-14, Story ID: 100072


124. JIM - Renaissance in Columbia 1898-1911
     Posted: 2018-10-11, Story ID: 100038


125. JIM: Education makes the headlines, early September 1928
     Posted: 2018-09-09, Story ID: 99446

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