Category: History

Ten years ago, and twenty plus years after reading Otto A. Rothert’s book, A History of Muhlenberg County, I happened upon information shared on the Muhlenberg County KyGenWeb Project that helped me with my family history research. I learned that an ancestor of mine was indeed mentioned in Mr. Rothert’s book… Edward Jarvis (1763-1836) of… Continue reading A History of MUHL CO

Jesse James in Muhlenberg County Preface: While reading the events below, it must be explained to some that Mercer, Kentucky has faded almost into nonexistence. It was once a thriving coal mining community located on old Highway 62 between Powderly and Central City. Mercer Church still exists on the second road called Highway 62. July… Continue reading Jesse James in Kentucky

—The New York Times, Sunday, April 16, 1922

—San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Jul 1923, Sunday, Page 4

HERE ARE TEN COMMANDMENTS FOR FLAPPERS Chicago, May 10, 1922—Ten commandments for flappers, announced by Rev. Alice Phillips Aldrich, superintendent of Illinois Vigilance Association’s welfare work, follow: Don’t gamble with virtue as the stake. Don’t accept a lift from smooth strangers in shiny limousines. Don’t accompany a man into a back room of a saloon… Continue reading Flappers

Yankee Origins. . . The White Man comes, pale as the dawn, with a load of thought, with a slumbering intelligence as a fire raked up, knowing well what he knows, not guessing but calculating; strong in community, yielding obedience to authority; of experienced race; of wonderful, wonderful common sense; dull but capable, slow but… Continue reading Yankee Origins

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