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Bert Scent receives 2019 Susan Arthur Award
Note: Bert Scent, left, received the Susan Arthur Preservation Award during the 2019 Daniel Boone Festival. The Barbourville Junior Woman's Study Club's Susie Dunaway did the honors. The Club's Preshus Howard provided the text.
This year’s recipient has worked very hard during his lifetime to preserve and promote Knox County’s heritage and history! He is a man of many talents and he tells his stories thru pictures! He has spent his life collecting, photographing, writing about and preserving our local history.
Jakalyn Jackson receives 2018 Susan Arthur Award
Note: Jakalyn Jackson, left, received the Susan Arthur Preservation Award during the 2018 Daniel Boone Festival. The Barbourville Junior Woman's Study Club's Susie Dunaway is shown at right.
Knox Historical Museum re-opens for public
The Knox Historical Museum has re-opened as of June 10, 2020 for the general public.
The Museum, located in City Hall, has been closed since early March due to the Governor's COVID-19 orders regarding public organizations following guidelines for museums and libraries.
Because the pandemic is still a threat, the museum will not hold extra hours during the remainder of 2020.The Museum will now be open only on Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Museum's latest magazine features the Black Expulsion
The spring issue of the Knox Historical Museum's quarterly magazine, The Knox Countian, edited by Charles Reed Mitchell, is now available for purchase at the Museum in Barbourville or via the online Museum Store. The cost per magazine at the museum is $3 while the cost via the website is $3 plus 6 percent sales tax and a $1.25 shipping fee.
Pentecostal Children's Home Photo
This is, hopefully, the first of many photos submitted to the Museum pertaining to the Pentecostal Children's Home of Knox County, Ky. It appears to be a note burning ceremony. Thanks to Sudie Gray, Barbara Liford, Marie Mills and Jennifer Jackson Warren for their efforts in recognizing those pictured. An article about the Children's Home will be featured in a future issue of the Knox Countian magazine.
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What Our Patrons Have to Say...
Recently bought a kayak and have been looking at the lakes and water way's in the Knox County area and heard of this website. To my surprise found out about the 'Paddle The Cumberland' . I would like to help promote and make this a great event for the Knox Ccounty area. Kayaking has really became a big sport in the surrounding lakes and water ways ... thanks
I am searching for old pictures of the Broughton Family- Job Broughton Lineage line-
Thank you,
Robert Broughton
Cleveland, TN
You file Drawer #3 that contains Broughton Genealogy- when could I come and study those files? Time and days-- I am the Great Grandson to James B. Broughton (1864-1917) I like to work on my family genealogy.
Thank you,
Robert D. Broughton
Golden Family Reunion, April 28-30, 2017. Please come!
Date: Friday, April 28, 2017, we will be at the Cumberland Inn, in Williamsburg, KY meeting in their Patriot meeting room from 5:00 - 9:30 PM. Plan to arrive on schedule. The hotel does offer a restaurant called the Patriot Steakhouse where everyone can dine and also food can be brought from the restaurant to the event rooms. No food from outside can be brought into the event rooms; it must be purchased from the hotel. A beverage service will be set up including coffee, tea, water and sodas. A copy machine will be available to share copies of your history with others. Bring your family history, pictures, stories and plan to have some fun with your BIG Family! We have the rooms until 9:30PM.
Date: Saturday, April 29, 2017, beginning at 8:30 AM and continuing until the last person leaves, plan to come (rain or shine) and spend the day at the actual Stephen Golden first settlement site and his resting place on Golden Creek. Please arrive before 12 noon so the prayer is not interrupted. Then we can begin our potluck meal together at 12:00 noon. Then afterwards a group picture can be taken of everyone.
Be sure and bring a food dish to share and your lawn chair for this outing. Also, bring your voice and music instrument and plan to play and sing the afternoon away after we dine! Also, please bring items to donate to the auction. The money collected at the auction and any cash donations will go towards taking care of the cost for the Friday night event, cemetery upkeep and the mailing/stamps for the newsletter. Funds go fast, so if you can't come and can donate some $ this would help greatly! After the outing all who would like to have dinner at the Patriot Steakhouse let me know so the reservation can be made and we can enjoy dinner together.
We might go cemetery visiting on Sunday! For more information call Carol Golden (865) 376-7141 or send an email to goldencj@msn.com
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