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Recruitment booklet for the Southeast Kentucky Baptist School (later known as B.B.I.)
Most local historians have heard of the old Barbourville Baptist Institute (B.B.I.) which was located where the Knox County Middle School campus is now located in Barbourville, Kentucky.
Knox County Political Candidates Card Collection Donated by Denver Bright
Denver Bright recently donated a political card collection that spans several decades of candidates running for office in Knox County, Kentucky.
The collection includes 109 political cards that can be accessed via the link below and also in our Photo Collection and Online Galleries section of our website.
The 1984 Application to include Barbourville in the National Register of Historic Places
In 1984, an application was submitted to include the downtown area of Barbourville, Kentucky, in the National Register of Historic Places.
Pan Am service stations in Knox County - 1954
On April 23, 2014, museum member David Cole presented us with a photo album made in 1954 to commemorate the opening of two Pan Am service stations in Knox County.
Knox Museum helps fund Flat Lick History Club
The Knox Historical Museum recently helped fund a history Club at Flat Lick Elementary School with the help of former Flat Lick resident Helen Mills a former student at the school.
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What Our Patrons Have to Say...
saw a pic recently of Greenroad School 1914, but cant find it now. How could I get a copy of the picture?
I am completing a history of the Knox County courthouse on website www.courthouses.co. Could you provide me a list of the dates that previous courthouses were built in the county. Thank you.
I would like two of your calendars
I'm interested in Wilder surname, particularly pre-1830. Do you have Wilder records in this time period? Thanks!
Thank you for posting the General Tye King interview to your website this summer. It has been a pleasure to listen to those two old friends talk about their past.